The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther 1517 Denounced the authority of the priests and popes Bible alone was the source of God's words John Calvin 1536 Institutes of the Christian Religion  Calvinism King Henry VIII 1534 Broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church Minority that wanted taking Catholicism out of England to occur faster  Minority of Puritans  or

The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth Pilgrim leaders drew up and signed Signed by 41 adult males It was the: “ ” In the Pilgrims' first winter of 1620-1621, only 44 of the 102 survived (signed by the “gentlemen”)

The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth Separatists in Holland came to America in search for their religious freedom Settled outside of VA Settled in (Without legal permission)

The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth In , Puritans (non-Separatist), fearing for their faith and for England's future, secured a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Company  During the of the 1630s, about 15-20,000 refugees left England for New England

Great (Puritan) Migration

John Winthrop Governor of MBC (“Massachusetts Bible Commonwealth”) Believed that the Puritans had a covenant with God to build a holy society in the New World

“City Upon a Hill” JFK