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A 5 page paper discussing the background of those who sailed over to the 'New World' on the Mayflower. After a discussion of the difference between Separatists (Pilgrims) and Puritans, the paper analyzes Bradford's role in the history of the Plymouth Colony. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: D0_Wbradford.doc
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Had it not been for William Bradfords efforts to strive for a new and free world the history books might very well have been written differently. As well-known as he
was in the area of early colonial government, his influence was just as instrumental in the religious Separatist movement of that time, and paved the way for religious freedom in
out country. William Bradford was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England in 1590. At the age of sixteen he joined a dissident Protestant sect. There was a great deal of
religious dissention going on in Europe at this time that made life in England very difficult. Carroll and Noble point out that although England was nominally a Protestant country, the
Anglican church had been created for political reasons, not for religious ones, and the church established by the English monarchy was actually very similar to the ones they had just
left. Many more fundamentalist Protestants felt that Henry and Elizabeths reforms had not gone nearly far enough: "The Protestant dissenters objected to the popish practices in the established church and
hoped to further the reformation by eliminating such impurities. In particular, they wished to simplify the religious service by curtailing certain ceremonies, and they advocated the removal of higher church
officials such as bishops and archbishops" (Carroll and Noble, 30). Nor was there just one group of dissenters. The Presbyterians wanted to establish an alternative national church, while the Congregationalists
wanted local control over liturgy and clergy. The Congregationalists in turn were divided into Puritans and Separatists. According to Carroll and Noble, "The Puritans, more moderate and more numerous than
the Separatists, believed that the Church of England was a true church even though it desperately needed reformation . . . . The Separatists, on the other hand, insisted that
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