Great Migration of Puritans

E1595

The Great Migration of Puritans was a large-scale movement of English Protestants to New England in the early 17th century, driven by religious and political tensions in England and resulting in the establishment of enduring Puritan communities in North America.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf English emigration to North America
historical event
religious migration
alsoKnownAs Great Puritan Migration
Puritan Great Migration
approximateNumberOfMigrants 20000
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
destination Connecticut Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New England
New Haven Colony
Plymouth Colony
Rhode Island
endTime 1640
followedBy English Civil War
decline of Puritan emigration after 1640
hasTheme formation of colonial societies
migration for conscience
religious dissent
influenced American colonial education traditions
New England political institutions
New England religious culture
later American concepts of covenant and community
mainCause desire for religious freedom
desire to establish a godly commonwealth
political tensions between Parliament and the English monarchy
religious persecution of Puritans in England
originRegion England
partOf English colonization of North America
politicalContext conflict over Anglican Church reforms
reign of Charles I of England
precededBy founding of Plymouth Colony in 1620
religiousAffiliation English Protestantism
Puritanism
result development of New England town-based governance
establishment of enduring Puritan communities in New England
formation of a predominantly English Protestant culture in New England
spread of Congregational churches in New England
strengthening of English presence in North America
significantEvent establishment of Massachusetts Bay Colony
founding of Boston
founding of Puritan towns in New England
significantFigure Anne Hutchinson
John Cotton
John Endecott
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
startTime 1620
timePeriod early 17th century

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Great Migration of Puritans ("Great Puritan Migration")
Great Migration of Puritans ("Puritan Great Migration")
alsoKnownAs
Samuel Dudley ("Puritan migration to New England")
Thomas Dudley ("Great Puritan Migration")
movement
A Model of Christian Charity ("Puritan migration to New England")
associatedWith
Puritanism ("Great Migration to New England")
associatedWithEvent
James Bowdoin ("New England colonists")
ethnicGroup
Massachusetts Bay Colony
notableEvent
Arbella ("Great Migration to New England")
operatedDuring
Arbella ("Great Migration")
partOf

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