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1、The first American writer is Captain John Smith. The first governor of Plymouth is William Bradford.（第一位殖民地女诗人） 2、Puritan thoughts: as the world itself hints, Puritans wanted to make pure their religious beliefs and practices. The Puritan was a “would-be purifier.” The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects) Puritans was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming