![]() In 1620, the English reformers in Holland, now calling themselves Pilgrims, sail for England aboard the Mayflower. ![]() After ten years in Holland, the English reformers were able to make arrangements with the Virginia Company, which had gathered investors to send an expedition to Plymouth, located in New England. William Brewster and John Robinson, two of the key leaders of the English reform movement, resolved to bring their congregants to America to find a new home. However, life in Holland was difficult, and the reformers had to compete with other religious sects for their congregants. Many of the English reformers migrated to Holland, where they believed they’d enjoy more religious freedom. However, some Christian reformers worried that the English crown hadn’t gone far enough, and broke with the English church altogether. ![]() ![]() ![]() In England, Henry VIII and his daughter, Queen Elizabeth, instituted a series of religious reforms that limited the role of Roman Catholic ceremony in Christian practice. William Bradford, the Governor of the Plymouth Plantation in North America, records the history of the colony, promising to write in a plain, honest style that reflects his commitment to the truth.īradford begins by discussing the history of the Plymouth colony before 1620. ![]()
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