The pope would not allow him to end his marriage. That led King Henry to stop following the pope and create the Church of England instead. It was a mixed-belief church that combined some Catholic beliefs and some Protestant ideas. Over time, some English people did not believe England was Protestant enough. These people fell into two groups. The first group, known as separatists, believed the English church could not be trusted.
They decided their only choice was to leave England, separate from the church, and start a new church. They called this the English Separatist Church. This was a part of North America that England had colonized. The Separatists landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts. They would, over time, become known as the Pilgrims.
The other group of English people who wanted more reform were called nonseparatists. They wanted to reform the Church of England by getting rid of the parts of Catholicism that remained within it. They did not leave the Church of England. Over time, though, they would be called Puritans. Some of the Puritans realized it would be hard to change the Church of England.
In , a decade after the Pilgrims made their journey, the first Puritans, too, traveled to the New World. The Separatists and nonseparatists disagreed about whether to cut ties to the Church of England. Both groups of early North American colonists were unhappy with the church, though.
They both wanted to start a church more in line with their beliefs. This freedom to practice religion according to one's beliefs led many new churches and beliefs to be created in the colonies. This wide range of ideas also led to disagreements. Freedom of Religion This freedom of religion has become a core value of the United States. It specifically says that the U. This idea goes all the way back to the Protestant Reformation in the s.
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