?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?8? Ch. 3-4 Notes ? Colony Notes Outline #1 The Rise of Colonial America: 1625-1700 Puritans -wanted to bring Protestant Reformation into church of England and into the New World -Calvinism- predestination (God has already chosen who goes to heaven) and conversion (God would speak to you directly) -grew upset with ?deCatholicization? -King James I began to fear/persecute them Three divisions: Separatists ? -?Purest Puritans?- OUR PILGRIMS Congregationalists ? -reform; largest in America Presbyterians ? -get rid of Catholic rituals MAYFLOWER COMPACT -1608 First Separatists fled to Holland -over 12 years they became distressed by the ?Dutchification? of their children -1620 Some Separatists sailed on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay