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Here is some more information on the differences between the Pilgrims and the Puritans from the Plymouth Colony. I hope that you enjoy viewing these two amazing videos at the end.  Pilgrims vs. Puritans

Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans left Europe to escape religious persecution in the early 17th century. The Pilgrims formed the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The Puritans settled in Salem, Massachusetts roughly a decade later. Here is a fun fact: my mother’s family are direct descendants of the third marriage in the new colony between Pricilla Mullens and John Alden. If you visit Plimouth Plantation, you can see a replica of their home.

While these two groups merged originally, they soon split, due to the incompatibility of their religious differences. Did you know that these religious splits helped shape the first states of our nation? The colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire formed from the separation of the Pilgrims and the Puritans. The fifth colony of Maine remained under Massachusetts control until 1820.

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/massachusetts/videos/puritans-vs-pilgrims  