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The Puritans were a significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritans felt that the English Reformation had not gone far enough, and that the Church of England was tolerant of practices which they associated with the Catholic Church.
A Puritan was any person seeking 'purity' through worship and doctrine. Piety, simplicity of dress and modesty of life were hallmarks. Many of their beliefs were similar to those of Calvinists and Scottish Presbyterians. They did not have an all-embracing theology, beyond a devotion to the Bible and moral purity. Puritans believed that political leaders are accountable to God to protect and reward virtue (including 'true religion'), and to punish wrongdoers. They opposed the supremacy of the monarch in the church, and argued that the only head of the Church in heaven or earth is Christ.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritanism