Pilgrims Vs Puritans

The Pilgrims and the Puritans had similar ideas and ways of life. They both left England for a fresh start and the opportunity to develop and create a society of their own religious values. Both groups believed in the teachings of John Calvin who believed that neither the Anglican or Catholic churches preached or shared Gods word the way they believed God had ultimately intended. The Pilgrims, or separatist for the separation of the English church, left for the Dutch Netherlands where they believed was a land of fresh starts and to practice their religion freely. But, as they begin to settle they realized that the Netherlands were having an effect on their younger groups. They began to adapt to the Dutch ways of speaking and glorifying worldly

But, the Puritans, who were Protestant, left England and headed straight for the New World where they could plant their religious seed and build a society that believed as they believed. Unlike the Pilgrims, who looked a little more freely on religion, the Puritans seemed to develop a strict guide line of how daily life should be lead that was strictly by the Bible. Although the Puritans wanted to cleanse the Catholic Church, they became a lot like the churches in England. They migrated mostly families to keep their hold tight on the community and its beliefs. They typically had well educated, wealthy, vibrant speakers for their sermons. This lead to others of a higher, more educated class to take a liking to the Puritans or Protestant ways and churches. It was good for the Puritans, but could seem bad for some of the followers in their community. Puritans could have been called snobs if one will. They did, unlike the Pilgrims, turn their noses up at those who they believed failed to prove themselves as real Christians. Although the Pilgrims lived strongly by their faiths, they did not shun or judge members of their church like the Puritans did. It may have had something to do with the Puritans wealthy community which justified all the ridicule and judgment, but who is to say why they were so strict in having the members of their church prove themselves as