The Puritans were a group of English colonist who settled in America in 1558. They left England because of freedom of religion. ... The Puritans didn't like the way the English created new taxes, and Puritans saw this as taking away their independence. Because the Puritans felt that way they helped convince other colonies to rebel against England. ... After six years of battling England the British colonies won the Revolutionary War. ...

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The preachers" jeremiads, sermons full of gloom and threats of God's wrath, were not so much an accurate account of a deteriorating situation as ritualized reminders of the colonies" religious purpose(Patrick Allitt). Up to the point of departure from England to the American continent the soon to be named Puritans struggled to persuade others that the English religions had become too self-serving and caught up in the things of the world. With each change in the throne, they experienced a different view of religion, depending upon their leader. ... These people wanted to set up a per...

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