mostly for tea
The puritans
to seek religious freedom
New England was first used as the name for the new English settlement in Massachusetts in 1620.
The Pilgrims, aka Pilgrim Fathers, landed at Plymouth Rock (Massachusetts) in 1620. They were mostly Brownist English Dissenters, who (while generally Calvinist in their beliefs) wanted to be separate from the Church of England.
1620-1790
The ship left England in September of 1620 and landed in America in November 1620.
There was no King of England in 1620 but there was a King of Great Britain. Namely James VI and I (same person).
Pagans and Wiccans left England in 1620 so that they could freely worship who they wished.
The Pilgrims left England in 1608 and went to Holland. They considered the Dutch morally bankrupt and left Holland on September 6, 1620 on a ship called the Speedwell. The Speedwell sailed to England to join up with the Mayflower. However, the Speedwell began to leak so badly that it returned to England and its 102 passengers continued on aboard the Mayflower.
1620 AD when the Church of England took over and there was no more Roman Catholic Church.
They landed in 1620.
The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England, for America on the Mayflower on September 16, 1620.