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To get away from the ruling, taxing, and to create a society of their own that would not be bound to religious views and tolerances.... ironically enough, religion still plays a pathetically significant role in the US.

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They were looking for religious freedom

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Q: Why did people leave England and travel all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in America?
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