Puritans: going to the USA for freedom презентация

In the first decades of 17 century a lot of Europeans immigrated to North America. Most of them was English. They were motivated chiefly by a quest for freedom to practice their Puritan religion. So, they were Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
The Puritans

Why did the Puritans moved?
England was a Roman Catholic nation until 1534, when King Henry VIII (reigned 1509-1547) declared himself head of a new national church called the Church of England.

THE PURITANS IN HOLLAND

THE MAYFLOWER

The Mayflower transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World on November 9 (19), 1620.

The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620

The Compact

The first winter
Only 52 people survived the first year in Plymouth

Squanto, a Wampanoag man who had been taken captive by English sailors and lived for a time in London, came to live with the colonists and instructed them in growing Indian corn.

First Thaksgiving Day
In the fall of 1621, the colonists marked their first harvest with a three-day celebration.

By 1627, Plymouth Colony was stable and comfortable. Harvests were good and families were growing. In 1627, about 160 people lived in Plymouth Colony.