They turned to God. Those Pilgrim men and women were one with God. I am sure that the faith of the Pilgrim Fathers touched the heart of God. Nothing could have given them this kind of courage, this kind of dedication, this kind of sacrificial spirit except their faith in God. The relationship between church and state is that church is in the subject position or leader, and government is in the objective or follower position.
Government is to be guided by religious values.
The Puritans put God first in their politics. Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock is the only boulder on the sandy shore. The people of Plymouth placed such value on the Rock that when the townspeople in the next century built their first wharf they built it right over the Rock. The Plymouth Rock is a symbol of great faith and hope. The most famous symbol of the Puritans is Plymouth Rock which is today housed in a granite museum.