-This place had rocky shores, cold long winters, short growing seasons, no mining

-Life in England wasn't great, and with even worse times ahead many were driven to

-King James I vowed to purge all radical Protestants out of England.

-Puritans were the ones he wanted out

-Most puritans were either Presbyterians or Congregationalists

- Were guided by Ministers and higher governing bodies

-Answered to no higher authority, each congregation is their own authority

-Puritans were Calvinists and believed in predestination

God has ordained the outcome of history and the eternal fate of every individual human

-The Puritans become critics of The Church of England because they believed that the

had not done enough to purify the corruptions of Roman Catholicism.

-Congregationalists who abandoned Anglican worship and met secretly in small

-Few chances to get rich, no cash crops no slaves, farmed enough to feed their families

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