Puritans: going to the USA for freedom

1. Puritans: going to the USA for freedom

Made by Kiyatkina Elena, Guryanova
Anastasia, Babaev Serdar

2.

In the first decades of 17 century a lot of Europeans immigrated
to North America. Most of them was English. They were
motivated chiefly by a quest for freedom to practice
their Puritan religion. So, they were Puritans

3. The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman

The Puritans were
English Protestants i
n the 16th and 17th
centuries, who
sought to purify
the Church of
England of Roman
Catholic practices
The Puritans

4. Why did the Puritans moved?

England was a Roman
Catholic nation until 1534,
when King Henry VIII
(reigned 1509-1547)
declared himself head of a
new national church called
the Church of England.
Why did the Puritans moved?

5.

6. The puritans in Holland

THE PURITANS IN
HOLLAND

7. The mayflower

THE MAYFLOWER

8. The Mayflower  transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World on

The Mayflower
transported the first
English Puritans,
known today as
the Pilgrims,
from Plymouth,
England to the New
World on
November 9 (19),
1620.

9.

The Mayflower Compact was the first governing
document of Plymouth Colony. It was signed
aboard ship on November 11, 1620

10.

The Compact

11. The first winter

Only 52 people survived the first year in
Plymouth

12.

Squanto, a Wampanoag man who had been taken captive
by English sailors and lived for a time in London, came
to live with the colonists and instructed them in
growing Indian corn.

13. First Thaksgiving Day

In the fall of 1621, the colonists marked their first harvest
with a three-day celebration.

14.

By 1627, Plymouth
Colony was stable
and comfortable.
Harvests were good
and families were
growing. In 1627,
about 160 people
lived in Plymouth
Colony.

15. Test

Who are the Puritans?
When did the Puritans
sign the Mayflower
Compact?
What was the name of
ship they were
transported by?
What colony did they
found?