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Many of the first Americans that arrived from England sought religious freedom.
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The Puritans were seeking religious freedom.
The Puritans sought religious freedom.
Protestants sought religious freedom.
In 1664, the Maryland assembly passed the Toleration Act, which allowed religious freedom in the colony to all Christians.
The first groups to bring Protestantism to the New World were the English settlers of Jamestown in 1607 and the Pilgrims in 1620. Jamestown was established as a commercial colony while the Pilgrims sought religious freedom.
Catholics were the religious group that founded Maryland.Lord Baltimore also founded it but I am pretty sure one person can not be a religious group.lol
The Puritans and The Quakers wanted religious purity and freedom from religious persecution. Both groups came to Penn's Woods, where William Penn promised these freedoms. William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
Americans sought continental expansion because they wanted to see how far they could go and they wanted to gain more freedom.