走进哈佛大学英语听力01-清教徒和哈佛

Puritans and Harvard

Puritans played a very important role in Harvard history as well as in American history.

In the 16th and 17th century, a series of religious reforms took place in England. Finally, the Church of England was established as the Established Church.

People did not have religious freedom.

Those people who did not agree with the Church of England were regarded as Separatists and were persecuted.

To escape religious persecution, many people fled from England to other countries.

Many Puritans chose to go to the New World.

In 1620, a ship named Mayflower left England.

It transported the English Separatists, better known as Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, the United States.

There were 102 passengers, more than one third of whom were Puritans.