Pilgrim Separatists

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The Pilgrim Separatists were a group of English Protestants who broke from the Church of England and famously founded the Plymouth Colony in North America in 1620 in pursuit of religious freedom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Protestants
Separatists
religious group
alsoKnownAs Pilgrim Fathers
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists

Pilgrims
associatedWith First Thanksgiving
colonyFoundedIn 1620
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
culturalLegacy symbol of religious freedom in American history
emigratedTo Dutch Republic
Leiden
North America
Plymouth Colony
founded Plymouth Colony
ideology Separatism
influenced development of religious liberty in New England
later Puritan migration to New England
interactedWith Wampanoag people
knownFor founding Plymouth Colony
role in early New England colonization
signing the Mayflower Compact
voyage on the Mayflower
language English
leader Edward Winslow
John Carver
William Bradford
William Brewster
motivatedBy desire for freedom of worship
religious freedom
opposedOrganization Church of England
originatedIn Nottinghamshire
Scrooby
partOf English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
persecutedBy English authorities
politicalDocumentSigned Mayflower Compact
politicalSystemEstablished self-governing colony
reasonForPersecution nonconformity to Church of England
rejectedDoctrine Book of Common Prayer
state control of the church
religion Protestantism
religiousTradition Calvinism
separatedFrom Church of England
settledIn Plymouth
present-day Massachusetts
timePeriod early 17th century
voyagedOn Mayflower
worshipPractice independent congregations
yearOfVoyage 1620

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William Brewster memberOf Pilgrim Separatists
William George Spencer religiousAffiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Nathaniel Mather movement English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
John Aikin religiousAffiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
John Seddon of Warrington religion English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
John Seddon of Warrington movement English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Philip Holland movement English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
English Dissenting Academies movement religiousOrientation English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Anna Laetitia Barbauld religion English Dissenters
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Sowams associatedWithGroup Plymouth Colony settlers
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England hasHistoricalAssociation Pilgrim Fathers
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Mourt’s Relation documentsInteractionBetween Plymouth colonists
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Rose Standish religiousContext English Separatists (Pilgrims)
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Separatists partOf English Dissenters
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Separatists alternativeName Separatist Puritans
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
First Thanksgiving (1621) hasParticipant Plymouth colonists
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Pilgrim Separatists alsoKnownAs Pilgrim Fathers
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
John Robinson movement Pilgrim movement
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Scrooby congregation denomination Separatist Puritanism
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Scrooby congregation associatedWith Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Rose Allerton associatedWith Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth Colony
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
Pilgrim Mother Fountain subject Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists