Great Migration of Puritans

E1595
English emigration to North America historical event religious migration

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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Great Migration to New England 6
Puritan migration to New England 4
Great Migration of Puritans to New England 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English emigration to North America ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious migration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
surface form: Great Puritan Migration

Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
surface form: 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 Colonial America ⓘ
surface form: 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 (23)

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Massachusetts Bay Colony → notableEvent → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
James Bowdoin → ethnicGroup → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonists
Great Migration of Puritans → alsoKnownAs → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Puritan Migration
Great Migration of Puritans → alsoKnownAs → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan Great Migration
Puritanism → associatedWithEvent → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
Thomas Dudley → movement → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Puritan Migration
A Model of Christian Charity → associatedWith → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan migration to New England
Arbella → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration
Arbella → operatedDuring → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
Samuel Dudley → movement → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan migration to New England
Richard Saltonstall → participatedIn → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
William Pynchon → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration of Puritans to New England
Theophilus Eaton → participatedIn → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion → portraysGroup → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritan settlers
Dorothy Yorke → associatedWith → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan settlers
Elizabeth Allerton → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: English colonial migration to New England
Ann (née Cooper) → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England (early phase)
Winthrop Fleet → alsoKnownAs → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration fleet of 1630
Winthrop Fleet → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration of Puritans to New England
Lady Arbella Johnson → movement → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan migration to New England
Lady Arbella Johnson → partOf → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
Governor Thomas Dudley → participatedIn → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Dudley
this entity surface form: Great Migration to New England
Elizabeth Walker → movement → Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan migration to New England