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What did the Puritans and Pilgrims have in common?
Both settled in New England (Pilgrims in Plymouth and Puritans in Massachusetts), both came to America for religious freedom, both were devoutly religious, both wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church of all Catholic rituals, both believed in pre-destination and religious “elect” leaders.
What was the Puritans main settlement?
The Pilgrims were a Separatist group, and they established the Plymouth Colony in 1620. Non-separating Puritans played leading roles in establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, the Saybrook Colony in 1635, the Connecticut Colony in 1636, and the New Haven Colony in 1638.
Did the Pilgrims or Puritans dress plainly?
Even though the Mayflower pilgrims are often depicted wearing only black and white clothing, the pilgrims actually wore a variety of colors, according to an article by Simon Worrall in Smithsonian Magazine: “We do know that they did not dress in black and white and wear stovepipe hats as the Puritans did.
How are Puritans different from pilgrims?
Pilgrim separatists rejected the Church of England and the remnants of Catholicism that the Church of England represented. Puritan non-separatists, while equally fervent in their religious convictions, were committed to reformation of the Church of England and restoration of early Christian society.
What are three differences between Puritans and Pilgrims?
Although both were strict Calvinists, they differed in approaches to reforming the Church of England. The Pilgrims were more inclined to separate from the church, while the Puritans wanted to reform the church from within. The Pilgrims were the first group of Puritans to seek religious freedom in the New World.
How did Puritans differ from pilgrims?
What is the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
Pilgrims were separatists who first settled in Plymouth, Mass., in 1620 and later set up trading posts on the Kennebec River in Maine, on Cape Cod and near Windsor, Conn. Puritans were non-separatists who, in 1630, joined the migration to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
How did the Massachusetts colony make money?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony primarily made money through shipbuilding, fishing, fur, and lumber production.
Are the Pilgrims Puritans?
The Pilgrims were the first group of Puritans to sail to New England; 10 years later, a much larger group would join them there. To understand what motivated their journey, historians point back a century to King Henry VIII of England.
Did Puritans wear black?
Contrary to popular opinion, the Puritans did not all dress alike, nor did they always wear black. Only the wealthy wore black as black dye was very costly. Most Puritans dressed in brown or indigo because brown vegetable and indigo dyes were plentiful.
How much did the Plymouth Colony invest in the Mayflower?
The Plymouth Company investors initially invested about £1200 to £1600 in the colony before the Mayflower even sailed. The colonists had to pay this money back over seven years by harvesting supplies and shipping them back to the investors in England to be sold.
How did the colonists make money in the first seven years?
For the first seven years, everything was to remain in the “common stock” which was owned by all the shareholders. The common stock helped supply the colonists with things like food, tools and clothing. At the end of the seven years, the shareholders would divide the profits and capital (which included houses, land and goods) equally.
Why was whaling so important to the Plymouth Colony?
According to the book Cape Cod and Plymouth Colony in the 17th Century, whaling was a particularly vital part of the economy in Plymouth: “The whale processed on Cape Cod were Atlantic right whales, so called because they were the correct, or ‘right,’ whales for human use.
Where did the colonists get their furs from?
To help pay down the debt they still owed, the colonists established a beaver fur trading base in Kennebec, Maine by 1625. Beaver were plentiful in Maine where the local Native-Americans tribe had hunted them for generations.