The Puritans

 

It is amazing the humble beginning of faithful men who did not choose to run away from their problems that challenged them then.  Instead of running away from their situations they were willing to face the status quo with Biblical faith!
The Puritans was their name! from the very beginning the Puritans were out to make changes in the world around them. They soon would encounter resistance from the religious hierarchy of their day in the land.  They did not have a Pilgrim Separatist position. They wanted to stay within the system and change it.  The Puritans wanted to reform and purify the church of England.  This is where they came to be called Puritans.  In the 1500s the Church of England was under King Henry. (Exerpted from here.)