Where did the Puritans of New England stand on the Civil War in England?

Disclaimer: I'm not a history buff, but I do often explore historical topics that catch my interest.

I'm here looking for a recommendation from you who do like to delve into history.

I grew up in Greater Boston and absorbed the folklore-mythology of the Pilgrims the way it was taught (masquerading as history) in public schools, especially during November, in the mid-twentieth century. Common sense has long since told me that was an unrealistic picture, but I've never taken a mature look at a more honest account. Until tonight, when I was checking on a detail in something I'd just read, I never once thought about the tie between the New England Puritans and those they left behind--especially those who were to become the Puritan followers of Cromwell as their revolution played out in England.

Now I'd like to know what I can read that will fill me in on the background of the Mayflower Pilgrims and what their relationship was to the events that occurred in England following their departure, via the Netherlands, for American shores. In fact, I'd be interested in the story from both an American and a British perspective.

Do you have one or more books to recommend that follow these two threads as they split across the Atlantic and what sort of political relationship, if any, they continued to have?

Thank you for any suggestions.

The Puritan's influence in American Civil Wars can be read in this classic book.

www.xroads.virginia.edu

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Search: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

There is mention of Puritans of New England in the beginning chapters.You have to read the text.

Text, free online.

Although not specifically about the subject you may want to check out the book page for The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill and see where it leads. A little further afield is The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn. It traces the influence of pamphleteers in the English Civil War on American political thought of the period. Happy hunting!

Search in the internet: Use Google - article by Ed West

From the English to American Civil Wars.
How East Anglians Came To Control The World.

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From the English to American Civil Wars.

There are many other websites on this subject.

>1 Meredy: One book I found that shed a great amount of light on the political relationships of the Puritans was John Barry's biography of Roger Williams, American Creation. It is an account, among other things, of the political goals and relationships of the various religious groups that came to the New World, and includes a good overview of both what drove them to leave England, and also the nature of the ties they continued to maintain with their homeland.

(Edited to fix touchstone)

Can try to read:

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer

Note: There are many links on this book.Good recommendation.There were 77 reviews in LT.

Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet A fair portion is dedicated to the political and social background of Anne and the settlers of Boston
The Formative Years 1607-1763 perhaps a bit dated and not exclusively about Massachusetts, but still useful, I think.
Mayflower heavily focused on King Phillip's War, but possibly still of interest.

Thanks for all suggestions. I'm following up.

>5 southernbooklady:, the link that touchstone goes to sounds interesting too, but I don't think it's the one you meant.

>8 Meredy: Sorry about that. I've fixed.

The actual title is "Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul" -- among other things its about the nascent development of the separation of church and state.

Making Haste from Babylon looks like it might fit the bill, too...now I have to go read it. ;)

>5 southernbooklady: Four years on, in case anyone still cares, I am reading the Barry book about Williams and can second the recommendation quite enthusiastically.