What was the difference between a puritan and a separatist

They are similar. All Puritans were separatists, But not all separatists were Puritans. A separatist was any one who did not want to a part of the Church of England they wanted to be Separate. The came to the New Wold The US did not exist at the time. It was a colony of England. and they came here to escape persecution in England because of their religious beliefs.In England at the time it was treason to be a separatist. One could and did lose their head.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

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