Glossary
Separatists who rejected the Church of England as corrupt and fled persecution to America.
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Pilgrims
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...speak today. 1620 is significant because it's the year when the pilgrims on the Mayflower, they moved to America to found a new colony,..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...speak today. 1620 is significant because it's the year when the pilgrims on the Mayflower, they moved to America to found a new colony,..."
Key Notes
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Jiang says America was founded by pilgrims seeking to build a kingdom of heaven on earth, while Puritans stayed in England and fought the Civil War.
definition
Pilgrims are defined as separatists who thought the Church of England should be abolished or separated from, were persecuted by the king, and fled to America.
diagnosis
Jiang says Pilgrim religious conflict migrates into America, producing a tradition of intense religious intolerance that still survives in some regions.
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"...speak today. 1620 is significant because it's the year when the pilgrims on the Mayflower, they moved to America to found a new colony,..."
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"And, as a compromise, the pilgrims were allowed to go to America to build a new civilization based on their beliefs. And this civilization,..."
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"Church of England, it's fine, but there's certain things within the Church of England which is too much like the Catholic Church, so if..."
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"...these people we call separatists, okay? And they will become the pilgrims, because obviously the king will persecute these people. They will feel, the..."
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"...for us to remember is this conflict is being, through the pilgrims, is now migrating to America. And these people will make America into..."
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"But hey, go to, I don't know, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. They're not very tolerant people, okay? And you can make the argument that they..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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