'Plymouth'

The religious strife in Europe contributed greatly to the founding of the United States of America. The Puritans that laid the foundations of what would become the United States by establishing the Plymouth colony were a sectarian religious group from England that believed the Church of England had not made a full cut from the Catholic Church, and that in many ways the two Churches were the same. Many Puritans in England fought to reform the Church of England, but those who came to North America felt the Church could never be reformed and decided to leave and create a new society based on their Puritan beliefs and a literal reading of the Bible. In contrast to their English countrymen who had established the Jamestown colony a decade earlier, it was their faith that led them across the Atlantic Ocean. What other differences distinguished the Plymouth colony from Jamestown? Join the conversation and get answers to this question and more on According2Sam episode #268.