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This is a list of currently active separatist movements in North America. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism.
The Separatists. The Separatists, or Independents, were English Protestants who occupied the extreme wing of Puritanism. The Separatists were severely critical of the Church of England and wanted to either destroy it or separate from it. Their chief complaint was that too many elements of The Roman Catholic Church had been retained, such as the ...
- Church of England Established
- Puritan Movement and The Beginning of Separation
- Separatist Movement Grows Out of The Puritan Movement
- Separatists and Calvinism
- Separatists Become Pilgrims and Move to Holland
- Separatists Choose Virginia For Their Home in America
- The Pilgrims Sail to The New World on The Mayflower
The Church of England was established by King Henry VIII in 1534 after Pope Clement VII excommunicated him from the Catholic Church. In 1536, the Act of Supremacy established Henry as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Despite the split with the Catholic Church, the Church of England was very similar to the Catholic Church in terms of ritua...
The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century who wanted to “purify” the Church of England. They believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible and wanted to remove anything from their worship that could not be found in scripture, especially any practices that could be tr...
Over time, a distinct group formed within the Puritans. They did not approve of the Catholic elements of the Church of England or the low standards that allowed poor public behavior, drunkenness, and the failure to properly keep the Sabbath. They were willing to separate themselves from the Church of England, the Puritan movement, and England itsel...
The Separatists were followers of the theology of John Calvin. They believed they had been “elected” by God for salvation. They referred to themselves as Saints and to outside groups as Strangers. In 1608, a group of English Separatists — today known as Pilgrims — led by William Brewster and John Robinson moved to Holland to escape religious persec...
At first, they lived in Amsterdam but then moved to Leiden, where many landmarks commemorating the Separatists can still be seen today. However, by 1617 they decided they needed to leave Holland, in part because they felt their children were being influenced by Dutch society and would lose their identity as English. They were also concerned the Dut...
They decided the best thing to do was to leave Holland and sail to the New World, where they could establish a settlement in Virginia. They intended to remain loyal to the Crown and England but wanted to worship in their own church.
The congregation did not have enough money to establish their settlement and it took roughly three years to put everything in place. Ultimately, they were forced to work with investors who agreed to provide them with passage and supplies. In return, the Pilgrims agreed to work for the investors, who were called the Merchant Adventurers, for seven y...
- Randal Rust
- Seeking to take advantage of the preoccupation of the Spanish due to war with the United States, the island of Negros declared independence from the Philippines before being forced to surrender to the victorious Americans.
- Rejecting their central government after centuries of mistreatment, the United Suvadive Republic sought to break away from the Maldives before being forced to return by the British.
- An attempt captained by an insane French lawyer, the Kingdom of AraucanÃa and Patagonia was a short-lived political entity that sought to secede from Chile.
- Lasting for more than a century, the Alemannic secession movement repeatedly sought to unify their culturally and ethnically similar inhabitants with those residing within the Swiss Confederacy.
- Joseph Kiprop
- Hawaii. Hawaii joined the US on August 21, 1959. The state is an archipelago situated in Oceania. The island has a total area of 10,931 square miles. The Hawaii independence party, formed on Aril 30, 1900, is one of the groups calling for a separation of the state of Hawaii from the US.
- Vermont. Vermont is located in the New England region of the US. The state has an area of 9,616 square miles. Vermont was once a French colony and then later a British colony.
- Alaska. Alaska is located in North America and has a total area of 663,268 square miles. The country became a member state of the US on January 3, 1959.
- Texas. Texas is the second biggest state in the US. The Texas Nationalist Movement and the Texas Secession Movement have been actively advocating for the secession of the state to become the Republic of Texas.
Aug 20, 2020 · In his new book, Break It Up: Secession, Division and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union, Richard Kreitner explores the history of secession movements in the United States...
In 1861, the American Civil War started after a separatist movement of southern US states seceded from the United States. How far separatist demands will go toward full independence, and whether groups pursue constitutional and nonviolent action or armed violence, depend on a variety of economic, political, social and cultural factors ...
