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Thanksgiving. Who Were the Pilgrims?. Church of England Puritans Separatists Netherlands America. Church of England. Gregory the Great chose Augustine to lead a mission trip to Britain in 595AD Augustine of Canterbury is the founder of the English Church in 597AD - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Thanksgiving Who Were the Pilgrims?
Church of EnglandPuritans
SeparatistsNetherlands
America
Church of England
• Gregory the Great chose Augustine to lead a mission trip to Britain in 595AD
• Augustine of Canterbury is the founder of the English Church in 597AD
• Considered a part of the Western Church
Church of England
Church of England
• Initially the Church went with Rome in 1517
• In 1534 they separated from Rome over the divorce of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Church of England
• Queen Mary I returned the Church of England to Roman Catholicism in 1555
• Known as Bloody Mary because she enjoyed killing Protestants
Church of England
• Just 3 years later, in 1558, the Church of England officially became Protestant leaving Rome under Queen Elizabeth.
Church of England
• 1559 Act of Uniformity– Catholic– Reformed– Illegal not to attend
official services ($20/week)
Puritans
• Started as an activist movement inside the Church of England.
• Puritan is derogatory meaning “sticklers”
• Mainly sought greater purity & doctrine within the Church of England
Puritans
• Most were strong Calvinists.
• British laws made it hard for Puritans to do much inside the church
• Many moved to the Netherlands
Puritans
• Only 21,000 Puritans eventually moved to America…they had many kids and didn’t die easily.
• By 1790 there were 700,000 American born Puritans
• Influential in society (started Harvard)
Pilgrims
• Pilgrims weren’t Puritans• They were Separatists• Led by Robert Browne• Known as Browne
Separatists, not Pilgrims
Pilgrims
• Believed their differences with the Church of England were irreconcilable and worship should be locally governed.
Pilgrims
• In 1593 two pastors were executed for sedition.
• John Bunyan would endure Separatist consequences.
Pilgrims
• In 1604 it was hoped King James would make it easier on reformists…but he rejected all their requests except a new English Translation.
Pilgrims
• In 1604 it was hoped King James would make it easier on reformists…but he rejected all their requests except a new English Translation.
Pilgrims
“But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came upon them. For some were taken & clapt up in prison, others had… [to] leave their howses & habitations, and the means of their livelehood.”
- William Bradford
Pilgrims
• William Bradford and other Brownist Separatists moved to the Netherlands.
• The work was hard but they made a life…almost too good of a life.
Pilgrims
• William Bradford and other Brownist Separatists moved to the Netherlands.
• The work was hard but they made a life…almost too good of a life.
Pilgrims
• Decided to go to America supported by venture capitalists wanting them to make fortunes through fishing.
Pilgrims