Question

What did the Puritans do in response to the changes in England’s religious setting during the early years of the Sixteenth century?

Answer 1

Most of Puritans responded to these changes by leaving England, where they felt unwelcomed and persecuted.

They fled England. At first, many of them left for the Netherlands, but years later, the vast majority decided to settle in the North American Colonies.

They mostly settled in the New England colonies, to which they gave their character and culture, but they also settled in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern colonies.

In the colonies, they enjoyed religious freedom, although they themselves sometimes persecuted other religious denominations.