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Catholics settled the colony of Maryland to escape the persecution in England. England had become anti-Catholic after King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church to establish his own church.
Puritans were being persecuted by the Anglican Church and migrated to the New England. A special group of Puritans, known as Separatists, were the first to separate from the church and land in Plymouth Bay.
They wanted to get away from the Church of England and practice their preferred religion in peace.
The Pilgrims also known as Separatists or Puritans wanted religious freedom.
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Catholics settled the colony of Maryland to escape the persecution in England. England had become anti-Catholic after King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church to establish his own church.
To be separated from the Church of England.
The group that wanted to leave the Church of England were the Separatists.
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The group that wanted to leave the Church of England were the Separatists.
The Separatists, also known as the Pilgrims, were originally Protestant members of the Church of England. However, they later separated from the Church and formed their own independent religious congregations, hence the name "Separatists."
The Pilgrims from the Church of New England settled in Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts in 1620. They established the colony after fleeing religious persecution in England and seeking religious freedom.
Separatists
Because of religious persecution in England, the Pilgrims moved to Holland in 1607 to 1608. The Pilgrims were also called Separatists because they left the Church of England. From Holland, they voyaged to America in 1620.
Puritans were being persecuted by the Anglican Church and migrated to the New England. A special group of Puritans, known as Separatists, were the first to separate from the church and land in Plymouth Bay.
The separatists, unlike the puritans, believed that they needed to separate from the church of God in England in order to worship freely.