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they came for religious freedom from there mother country!!

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Q: What was the main reason that pilgrims and puritans came to the Americas?
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What came after the puritans?

The pilgrims came after the puritans. Both the puritans and pilgrims played a large part in New England's history and culture.


Who are the pilgrims that came to the U.S.?

Puritans


Which groups came to the new world for religious freedoms?

The Puritans and the Pilgrims


Are puritans and pilgrims a religion?

No,but they both came for religious reasons. The reason they are not the same people is because the puritons were rich and the pilgrams were not rich.


Who came to new world in ''The Great Migration'' the pilgrams or puritans?

the plgrams


Why did the pilgrims and puritans come to North America for religious freedom?

The pilgrims and puritans came to american to practice religious freedom and escape religious prosecution.


Who settled in massuchusetts?

the pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower, mostly puritans


Which colony did this group of Puritans come from?

The Puritans came from Great Britain to the Americas, and started a colony in North America. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.


How do Puritans differ from the Pilgrims?

Puritans sought to reform the Church of England from within, while Pilgrims wanted to separate from it entirely. Puritans arrived in America later than the Pilgrims and settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans were more focused on creating a religiously strict society, while Pilgrims were more concerned with religious freedom.


The puritans came to live in the Americas for the purpose of?

The Puritans came to live in the Americas for religious freedom and to establish a society based on their strict interpretation of Christianity. They sought to create a community where they could practice their faith without persecution and where they could live according to their moral beliefs.


Why did the Plymouth pilgrims go to the Americas?

The Plymouth Pilgrims went to the Americas because where they came from ,all had to believe in a certain religion.The Pilgrims did not believe or want to believe in this certain religion.This is why the Pilgrims moved,so that they could believe in they're own religions


Many of the people who came to New England were looking for something. What was it?

Religeous freedoms. These people were mostly Puritans, Quakers and Pilgrims (who later merged with Puritans)