The Puritans were English Protestants prior to the 19th century. Some moved to other countries, including America, for more religious freedom.

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham was assassinated by the Puritan John Felton in 1628. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown)

Puritans opposed the existence of theatres and so dmolished the Globe Theatre in 1644. (PROSE: Creatures and Demons ^[+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW. Page 17.)

Speaking during the English Civil War, the Second Doctor acknowledged a triumphalist, hereditary Puritan Protectorate that ruled England until the 20th century as one possible future. (PROSE: The Roundheads)

The views of the Puritan minister Cotton Mather may have helped inspire the Salem witch trials in 1692. (PROSE: The Witch Hunters)