Why Were The Puritans Worsened?

Even so the first winter was the first big test – half of the group has died from exposure, cold, tuberculosis and malnutrition – the Puritans survived primarily because of the help from the neighboring Natives. They taught them how to hunt animals, cultivate corn and gave them their furs. They regarded the Puritans as helpless children.31) In 1629, a group of Puritans was given a grant for land from the Council of New England. They were merchants and eager to leave England behind in order to establish the “Company of Massachusetts Bay.” The support from New England came at the right time, as the situation of the Puritans in England drastically worsened. A new armada of ships was ready to repeat what the Mayflower party has accomplished.