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discuss pilgrim and puritan thinking as a religious force and way of life.
Please discuss the question connect to William Bradford, John Winthrop, and Anne Bradstreet.
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(Answer) Pilgrims and Puritans both originated because of the teachings of John Calvin. They were both protestant groups. However, the chief difference between them is what they protested. The Pilgrims were Separatists while the Puritans were Congregationalists.
The Pilgrims left England because of the issues they had with the shortcomings of the church. They went to the Netherlands around 1607 and some Pilgrims even boarded the “Mayflower” and landed in America.
The Puritans were those people who wanted to purge Roman Catholic traditions from their worship. These were individuals who feared oppression from King Charles 1 and Bishop William Laud. This is why the Puritans migrated with the help of John Winthrop, to Massachusetts Bay Colony and north of Plymouth. This was the wave of the great migration.
It was the Puritans who were later intent on conquering the local tribes. This is why; the tribes were also suspicious of the Pilgrims. However, the Pilgrims were mostly withdrawn yet friendly. William Bradford was the Pilgrim leader who decided to initiate a gesture of friendship by sharing a feast with the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit and the tribe. This feast came to be a high point in their relations.
Anne Bradstreet was in some of the first contingents of the Puritans to leave to the new world in search of freedom to worship freely. She was in the same boat as John Winthrop and later published his sermons in her book. Her poetry and writings made her a unique spokesperson for the colonists and for the English.