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Two Issues with fourth paragraph in section 3.3.2
I believe that the several sentences quoted below may be misleading in one instance and inaccurate in a second. I have emphasized certain words to aid in the comment following quotation.

These Puritan separatists were also known as "the Pilgrims". After establishing a colony at Plymouth (which became part of the colony of Massachusetts) in 1620, the Puritan pilgrims received a 'charter' from the King of England that 'legitimised' their colony, allowing them to do trade and commerce with merchants in England, in accordance with the principles of mercantilism. This successful, though initially quite difficult, colony marked the 'beginning' of the 'Protestant' presence in America (the earlier French, Spanish and Portuguese settlements had been Roman Catholic),

The After/charter/legitimized language may mislead in two respects about Puritan illegitimacy/legitimation.

First, I am informed elsewhere in Wikipedia-- Plymouth Colony--that the 1620 Mayflower/Speedwell crowd didn't just shoot across the Atlantic and only then aim to get legal standing (instead of squatting) on His Majesty's North American lands. They had on board indirect royal authority via the London Company for a mouth-of-the Hudson location, but were storm-forced to land further north and east, giving rise to the Mayflower Compactband-aid/plaster. [the charter was a corrective]

Second, I am also informed elsewhere [WHERE?] that the charter obtained legitimized those people being in that location, BUT DID NOT recognize as legitimate the illegal Puritan mis- or non-practice in lawful Church of England style. {Cite} Bearing in mind that this is within an article on Protestant Reformation, it would be easy for a religion-focused reader to misunderstand the scope of the referenced charter

The statement that Plymouth marked the beginning of Protestant America is true ONLY if you do not classify Church of England as Protestant, but this very article on the Protestant Reformation includes Church of England. And Jamestown, Virginia was founded more than a decade earlier without a Puritan presence.