What religion were the Pilgrim Fathers?
Why were the pilgrim fathers unhappy under James 1's rule?
Which new country did the pilgrim fathers go to live in?
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in to their new country?
2007-01-22 05:29:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, I'm in college and happen to be a history major, so if you need help with this I feel obligated to do so, expecially since I am studying to be a history teacher.
So, I'm assuming that when you say Pilgrim Fathers you mean the group that came to North America in 1620. But before I answer, I just want to know what grade you are in?
Well, I'll answer anyway. The Pilgrims were Protestants who called themselves Puritans. In the 15 and 1600s, the King of England (his name eludes me at the moment) established teh Church of England, which follows the sect of Christianity that is referred to as the Protestants. The Church of England is as close to a Catholic church as anyone can be without actually being Catholic, and the entire point of Protestants splitting from Catholics was to get away from all of the tradition and hierarchy of the Catholic church by removing the ceremoninial nature of a day in church, statues, stained glass, and paintings. Essentially, it is the belief that religion isn't based off of these ceremonies, rather, it is based off of and intellectual relationship with God and your fellow parishoners. The Church of England called itself a Protestant Church but retained all of the things that the Protestant Reformation sought to remove from church, therefore angering some of the hard-line Protestants. These Protestants came under attack from the King and were persecuted, so they fled to teh Netherlands for a short time. From there, the Pilgrims left and went to America, originally planning to land in Virginia, but got blown off course and ran out of beer so they set up their colony in what is now Massachusettes. The ship they took over here was called the Mayflower.
The reason the Pilgrims left the Netherlands was that they feared the "Dutchification" of their children (In the event that you didn't know this, the Netherlands is also known as Holland, and the people there are commonly referred to as the Dutch. (On another sidenote, the Dutch did not settle in Pennsylvania, ,it was the Germans and the phrase "Pennsylvania Dutch" comes from the miss-pronounciation of the the German word for German--Deutch)).
Within the first paragraph are the reasons why the Pilgrims were upset with James the First (I mentioned that I forgot his name earlier, but didn't think to look in the questions you asked). There were upset because he is the one who established what was to them a blasphemous church (blasphemous means insulting to God).
If you have anymore questions, let me know. This is my first time using this, so I don't know if there is a way taht you can directly ask someone a question.
2007-01-22 05:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by SigmundFreud 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pilgrim fathers were Separatists, a puritan movement that wanted to change the Anglican State Church because they felt it was no longer religious.
James I and his Bishops met to make a new list of rules about religion. All vicars/clergy had to obey them.But around 100 Anglican clergy refused. they had their churches and positions taken away from them.
Among these sacked, clergymen were Richard Clyfton, John Robinson and John Smyth. Along with William Bradford and William Brewster, these were the principle players in the story of the Pilgrim Fathers.some of them them were sent to jail for a time.
the pilgrim fathers decided to leave England altogether, and set sail first for Holland where they lived for a time. However they did not feel that they had the freedom they wanted there. so they came back to England and made plans to sail to the new land of America. the ship they went in was called the mayflower, and they set up one of the first colonies in north America in new England, new Plymouth.
also to correct the history teacher,
the king of England who originally separated from the Catholic church was Henry 8th and the puritans did not leave from Holland they returned to England first and left from Plymouth in England hence the name new Plymouth on cape cod.
the below web site can give you more detail
2007-01-22 14:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by sabrina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pilgrim Fathers were Quakers (A devout branch of Christianity).
They were being persecuted for their anti-violence beliefs.
The New World aka America
The Mayflower
2007-01-22 13:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by bilbotheman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were Quakers.
They were persecuted because James I wanted everyone to worship as part of the Church of England.
The first new country they went to live in was Holland.
But as they were not too happy there, they decided to go to America.
This they did on the Mayflower.
2007-01-22 13:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think protestant but no too sure?
Not sure about this
Boston Massurtusits(wrong spelling)USA
They sailed from Boston England
2007-01-22 13:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by carl t 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might try this site for the answers.
2007-01-22 13:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by Cheyenne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋