its because they were seperitist and wanted to seaperate form the church
They wanted freedom from the Anglican church.
Religious persecution.
the church of England
AnswerThe Pilgrims originally came from England. Then they moved to Holland. Then they went to America
New England:)
The famous Pilgrims of 1620 came for both religious and secular reasons. Around 30 went because they were Separatists who believed the the Anglican Church was too corrupt to remain as a part of and needed to leave England to have the religious freedom to believe that. The other seventy went for money, land, adventure and other purposes along those lines.
Popular teaching, aka what you learned in grade school, states that the Pilgrims came for religious freedom. Wrong! Only around 40 of the 102 pilgrims were going for religion. The other 62 went in order to such for gold, adventure or for land. And if the majority went for those reasons, those are the reasons for the pilgrims going to America.
the church of England
AnswerThe Pilgrims originally came from England. Then they moved to Holland. Then they went to America
New England:)
They were known as the Separatists.
They were known as separatists .
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.
The pilgrims traveled to the new world seeking religious freedom.
pilgrims
Because they thought that Reformation in England had not been carried far enough and they feared that the purity of their beliefs could not be upheld in England. The Dutch Pilgrims went with them because they found Holland a much too free-thinking country for their taste.
The famous Pilgrims of 1620 came for both religious and secular reasons. Around 30 went because they were Separatists who believed the the Anglican Church was too corrupt to remain as a part of and needed to leave England to have the religious freedom to believe that. The other seventy went for money, land, adventure and other purposes along those lines.
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.
No state went to Amsterdam. The Pilgrims went to Amsterdam first and then return to England. In 1620 they established Plymouth colony. New Amsterdam became New York.