Some puritans felt they should remain in the Church of England. Other did not think that was possible, so they formed independent congregations with their own ministers. Some of them even left England and came to America.
to escape religious persecution
to escape religeous persecution in england
The persecution in England made the king want to give the Puritans a new place to live for peace on both sides of the argument, and the Puritans made new colonies and stuff
They wanted to escape religious persecution back in England, and England agreed because it got the Puritans out of England.
Puritans came to escape religious persecution in England. They also came for freedom of religion and freedom to worship and new economic opportunities.
The Puritans came to New England to escape religious persecution.
to escape religious persecution
to escape religeous persecution in england
The persecution in England made the king want to give the Puritans a new place to live for peace on both sides of the argument, and the Puritans made new colonies and stuff
They wanted to escape religious persecution back in England, and England agreed because it got the Puritans out of England.
The puritans came to New England to be able to practice their religion freely and escape religious persecution.
Puritans came to escape religious persecution in England. They also came for freedom of religion and freedom to worship and new economic opportunities.
To be exact the puritans didn't do anything in order to avoid persecution, they founded Plymouth Colony in order that they could persecute others who weren't puritans (something they weren't allowed to do in England), they hung a woman for being a Quaker, something which would have gotten them in trouble had they been in England.
The pilgrams and puritans came there to escape religious persecution.
When Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times in England.
The Puritans came to the US to escape religious persecution in Europe. They left England, many going to Holland so that they could worship in their way instead of that of the Church of England. In Holland, persecution from the Catholics eventually led to their immigration to the Colonies to allow them religious freedom.For religion.
They wanted to live free from religious persecution. The king of England would not let the puritans worship their god. The Puritans came to the New World because they wanted to "purify" the Church of England.