Us-versus-them thinking. High-control habits. An obsession with punishment. Some aspects of the MAGA movement are a lot older ...

He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking ...

New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock rifles.

Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

Nicolls got nowhere with them. For the Puritans' descendants, the American system of government that was forged in the 18th century was only ever a vehicle to get to the promised land. Few ...

As a member of the Separatist movement within Puritanism, Bradford migrated ... and religious freedom that characterized later American colonial government. Though lacking in formal education ...

In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking ...

The black-clad, steeple-hatted Puritan, walking warily to church with Bible in hand and musket on shoulder, is an enduring image of New England’s formative colonial era. In “The Wars of the ...

The great American Beaux-Arts sculptor ... Religious freedom got protected by law, but the Puritans missed out. Chapin — with lawyer and future colonial governor John Winthrop, savvy business ...