IN THE 1630S, ENGLISH PURITANS IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY CRE- ATED A SELF-GOVERNMENT THAT WENT FAR BEYOND WHAT EXISTED IN ENGLAND. SOME HISTORIANS ARGUE THAT IT WAS A RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT, OR THEOCRACY. ... Many Anglicans were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the church and make it simpler.
* Puritanism are beliefs and practices characteristics of the puritans.
* Government is the exercise of control or authority over a group of people. The body with the power to make laws to control a country, land, people or organization.
