After [[Charles I of England]] became king (1625), this religious conflict worsened. Parliament increasingly opposed the King's authority. In 1629, Charles dissolved Parliament entirely, in an ill-fated attempt to neutralize his enemies there, who included numerous lay Puritans. With the religious and political climate so hostile and threatening, many Puritans decided to leave the country. Some of the migration was from the expatriate English communities in the Netherlands of nonconformists and [[Separatists]] who had set up churches there since the 1590s. |
After [[Charles I of England]] became king (1625), this religious conflict worsened. Parliament increasingly opposed the King's authority. In 1629, Charles dissolved Parliament entirely, in an ill-fated attempt to neutralize his enemies there, who included numerous lay Puritans. With the religious and political climate so hostile and threatening, many Puritans decided to leave the country. Some of the migration was from the expatriate English communities in the Netherlands of nonconformists and [[Separatists]] who had set up churches there since the 1590s. |