When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...

The pilgrims in Leiden were a religious group that escaped from England and came to live in the Netherlands. From there, they would sail to the New World and become a crucial group in the history of ...

In 1608, a group of 100 Pilgrims sailed to Leiden, Holland and became a separate church living and worshipping by themselves.

Puritans and Pilgrims came out of the same religious culture of 1570s England. Pilgrims hosted the first American ...

Every November, articles recount the arrival of 17th century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious ...

The Pilgrims were Separatists, believing that the church should be separate from the English crown. Their view was a more ...

Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?

In 1608, a group of 100 Pilgrims sailed to Leiden, Holland and became a separate church living and worshipping by themselves. They were not satisfied in Leiden. Believing Holland also to be sinful ...