If my history is correct, England dumped these Puritans on the colonies when the monarchy was restored after Cromwell. The liberated fun and frolicks was too much for these God-fearing migrants and as a result America felt the benefit! Also, it must be a feather in one's cap to declare that one is decended from such hardy pioneering stock ..... and not be a reject from the back streets of Naples or Limerick! :o)