They rejected everything in the Church of England's practices that in their view too much reflected its Catholic roots, and they were leaning to a much more 'Calvinist" form of Protestantism.
In their services they therefore didn't use the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, did not use any priestly vestments, nor did they kneel during service or make the sign of the cross as the Anglicans then still did.
The colonies did not restrict voting to the church higher church members.
Perhaps you are referring to the British clergyman-- he was a minister in the Church of England (in the USA, this denomination today is called the Episcopalians, but in England, it is called the Anglicans); during colonial times, the Church of England sent him to Maryland to establish congregations there, and he also was involved in trying to convert the Indians to Christianity.
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Congregational party. Also known as Congregationalists
Town Meetings and Church Services
A Puritan who stayed in the Church of England.
Puritan.
John Wesley was not a puritan. When he was growing up and as he started his ministry he was a part of the Church of England. He left the church of England and founded the United Methodist Church.
The Puritan religion came from England (The Anglican Church) Puritans wanted to purify the Church.
Half Way Covenant
For Religious reasons, they left England to rebble against the Church of England.
Most were Puritan (people who wanted to purify their religious thoughts) But some were Catholic.
The Church
The colonies did not restrict voting to the church higher church members.
both faced religious prossecution from the church of England and they went to North America to escape the beliefs of the church of England.
local church, for apex
local church, for apex