1. A person who wanted simpler forms of worship and stricter morals than others did in the Protestant church during the 1500s and 1600s. Many settled in New England. Reformation 2. A religious movement in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s that resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. Puritan 3. Any of the believers who broke from the Church of England during the reign of James I. theology 4. A system of religious beliefs. Separatists