The Puritans and the Pilgrims
The Puritans and The Quakers wanted religious purity and freedom from religious persecution. Both groups came to Penn's Woods, where William Penn promised these freedoms. William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
English settlers came to North America for religious freedoms. Others came for the desire to find wealth through gold and silver explorations.
The Quakers and Protestants converged to create the New World. They came from religious persecution from Europe.
The Puritans and the Pilgrims
The majority of the English settlers that came to America were influenced by the travels of Spanish conquistadors and they came with the mission of having religious freedoms.
religious freedom,power to make laws and also to accept and deny
The Puritans were one of the groups who left England to find religious freedom in the New World. Pilgrims would also be one of those groups and there were several others.
The Pilgrims came to America to secure religious freedoms. Some of the Pilgrim leaders were William Brewster and William Bradford.
The pilgrims came to America to practice religious freedoms. The early years were difficult. They faced hard elements and often died without proper medical care.
Several groups sought religious freedom in the New World, most notably the Pilgrims, who established Plymouth Colony in 1620 to escape persecution from the Church of England. The Puritans followed, founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 with similar motives. Additionally, the Quakers, led by William Penn, settled in Pennsylvania in the late 17th century to create a haven for religious tolerance. Other groups, such as the Huguenots and Catholics, also migrated for the promise of religious liberty.
The Pilgrims and the Puritans came to America to escape religious persecution in England. These groups sought religious freedom and the ability to practice their beliefs without interference.
The pilgrims came to the New World to get out from under the king's rule.