Narragansett Bay

Introduction Newport, Rhode Island was a safe haven for pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially from the late 1600s to the early 1700s. This perhaps is surprising considering that Rhode Island was established by Puritans, but it is important to note that these Puritans were not as devout as the first generation that had settled the colonies. In fact, Rhode Island was a place where the non-traditional colonists’ could belong. Still, pirates were a part of the daily…

Pilgrims were the first group to make to move in Massachusetts. The puritans were a group in England that criticized the Anglican church. The Anglican church is the another name of the church of England. And they got the name Puritan because to purify the church and get rid of things that they felt unnecessary. They also believed that each person could read and interpret the Bible himself. The pilgrims were a small group inside the larger group of puritans. So they were a small part of the…