Question #f136c
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First of all, these two colonies had different religions.
Explanation:
The 50 pilgrims who landed in Plymouth were separatist from the Church of England. They had believed, going back into the 16th Century, that the Church of England was too Papist and could not be properly changed.
The Puritans, believed that the Church of England could be changed from within but by 1629 had given up hope.
The Pilgrims had death warrants on their heads, the Puritans did not, although they were subject to some harsh punishments.
Each group was took a chartered piece of land, the Massachusetts Bay Colony extended from the Neposet River on the south to the tip of what is Maine today.
Both groups put religion at the center of their government as was common practice. Puritanism was very conservative and strict while the Pilgrims were far more liberal.
