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Pennsylvania was settled to create a haven for Quakers who were persecuted in Europe for their differing beliefs.
they were persecuted for their beliefs
Persecuted typically refers to being subjected to harsh treatment or hostility based on someone's beliefs, race, or other identifying characteristics, whereas criticized generally means expressing disapproval or finding fault with something based on performance or behavior. While criticism can sometimes be part of persecution, they are not synonymous terms.
I'm sure they felt horrible, as did any group that was being persecuted at that time. Jehovah's Witnesses were being persecuted for their beliefs, and they only had to sign a document renouncing their beliefs, and proclaiming Hitler as their God- in order to walk away, and yet they chose to show their allegiance to God. Sad times to be alive and in Europe at that time.
They had settled in the Netherlands, where they were persecuted for their beliefs.
to be persecuted is to be harassed in a tormenting manner because of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. in example, in civil war times, southern whites persecuted blacks.
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they didn't get persecuted for religious beliefs
The two groups of people the word "Pilgrim" could apply to are the Quakers and the Puritans. The Quakers and the Puritans both came to the New World so that they could practice their own religious beliefs without being persecuted.
Puiritins, cackers,atheist
At first they were persecuted, often called heretics.