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The majority of the Mayflower's passengers on the journey to Virginia were Puritans, a group who believed that both the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England had strayed from the teachings of The Bible.

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The Puritans were the religious group that made up the majority of settlers.

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What religious group made the majority of new England's early settlers?

the religious group were the puritans


Is New England in the England colony?

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most of them left for religious freedom


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They believed that God was everywhere, so they had to honor him.


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