Traveling to America would ensure that the Puritans could have true religious freedom and worship as God would have it. The Puritans decided to leave Holland for fear that the Spaniards would take over and they would once again be persecuted. Although there were opponents to the church, the Puritans made a good name for themselves. The Puritans practiced their religion in Amsterdam, and then Leyden, with little intervention. However, James had all feasible ports of entry blocked so that the Puritans had to pay a high price to be smuggled out of the country. The Puritans finally decided that they would flee to Holland where it was known that the church could continue without the restrictions imposed by the crown. People were stripped of their worldly goods, arrested, tortured, imprisoned or killed.
The Puritans were threatened and eventually persecuted, despite the tolerance of Queen Elizabeth I.Īfter James I ascended to the throne, the persecution of the Puritans and their congregational church worsened. When the people splintered from the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in order to return to the true ways of the faith, the religious community vehemently objected. The Puritans took issue with many ideals and philosophies held by the church that clearly went against the Bible and Christianity. The men and women who objected to the inclusion of men's inventions into the church were quickly known as the Puritans. The purpose for the emigration of the Separatists from England dealt with religious freedom and the persecution of those who would not adhere to the corrupt philosophies and laws of the church at that time.
The book, often recognized as one of the most accurate and valuable historical references in American history, details the arrival and settlement of the Puritans at Plymouth Plantation in 1620 and the subsequent years and hardships.īradford served as governor of Plymouth Plantation for thirty-three years, making him one of the foremost authorities on the creation of the settlement as well as its operations, government, purpose, and events. Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 by William Bradford is a work of non-fiction.
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