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They were actually Puritans and wanted a "pure" church without the rituals and decorations. The term " Pilgrims" is just another way to describe the Puritans.

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Who were the pilgrims were did they settle?

The pilgrims where those who migrated for religious reasons , they settled in Plymouth.


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The pilgrims were separatists who left England for freedom of religion.


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Why did the pilgrims move to america?

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.


Why did the Pilgrims set sail?

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