Though Puritans during the English Civil War agreed on what they were fighting for, there was quite an even split opinion on how they should be fighting for it. All Puritans agreed that Parliament needed to gain control over the monarchy before things got too out of hand. Puritans were divided into two sub-groups: the Presbyterians and the Independents. The Presbyterians, as the name would imply were Scot-sympathising Puritans. These Puritans were considered moderate in how they wanted to deal with the monarchy as they spoke against any sort of violence. The Independents were borderline radicals as they had zero tolerance for the corruption of the monarchy by Charles I, who they ended up putting on trial and beheading.
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