Great Puritan Migration
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Immigration, Immigrants
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), British History, 17th Century European History
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: May, 1630-1643
Article abstract: Establishment of the Massachusetts colony and the birth of Puritan influence in New England.
Summary of Event
Credit for the successful establishment of a Puritan commonwealth in North America belongs as much to Charles I, king of England and Puritan antagonist, as to any other single individual. On March 2, 1629, he dissolved Parliament, thereby denying the Puritans a public forum from which to continue their agitation for reforming the Church of England; a few days later, on March 14, he granted a royal charter to the...
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