As mentioned earlier, their settlement started in 1620 when they were led under the leadership of Robert Browne and settled down in Plymouth, Mass. The history of the pilgrims originating as a community and settling down in America is definitive and has shown the progress of growth among the native Americans through their teachings, preachings, faith, and virtues towards Christ and to the people around them. The state and church issues overlap each other and there is no equality in leaders and members. Equality The State and the church are separated and the leaders and members are equal. Puritans consist of highly educated and higher social-economic status men in their community. Status Pilgrims consist of mostly working men in their community. Puritans practiced the concept of theocracy, unlike pilgrims. Faith and Practice Pilgrims practiced the concept of democracy. Puritans were under the leadership of John Foxe.
Leadership Pilgrims were under the leadership of Robert Browne. Puritans are known as non-separatists who came to America in 1630. Comparison Table Between Pilgrims and Puritans Parameters of Comparison Pilgrims Puritans Definition Pilgrims are known as separatists who first settled down in America in 1620. Issues from their Church and State often clashed with each other, unlike the pilgrims’ community.
They are known to have retained the English system when they started their mass living in America, and the divine right to rule and pose authority was attained by their leaders. The puritans have and follow the concept of theocracy, opposite of that of the pilgrim’s faith. They came in a huge number of ships with much greater mass than the pilgrims. Ten years after the arrival of the pilgrims, the Puritans specifically landed in the United States in 1630 and are known to have settled down in the commonly known Massachusetts Bay Colony. However, there is still a concept of separation between the State issues and the Church issues as a whole. In the pilgrim’s community, the leaders and the members are treated as equals. A covenant was also developed by the pilgrims that have many resemblances with the concept of democracy. Moreover, Democracy was practiced by the pilgrims’ community. Even though puritans came a decade later with a much large mass and a number of ships, it is said to have outnumbered the pilgrims. They first settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, but the accompanying team rarely sailed in the vast ocean. In 1620, pilgrims boarded the Mayflower from the Netherlands and embarked on a destined journey to the United States.