BUT
to be free and practice their own religion
the pilgrams left holland because their children was being harmed
To escape religious persecution - or so they said.
*Dont quote me on this* I think they thought the Church of England was too corrupt to save.
The Pilgrims were people who came over from Europe (on "The Mayflower" ship) in the early 1600s to escape religious prosecution.
the pilgrams originally left England and moved to
Never mind I got my answer.
ENGLAND
Squanto and Samoset. Without them the Pilgrams may have not survived.
by boat
pilgrams
Others came for financial opportunity, but the Pilgrams came first and foremost for religious freedom.