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to escape religious persecution
They wanted to escape religious persecution back in England, and England agreed because it got the Puritans out of England.
Massachusetts was founded for religious freedom.this is the best answer.
Many colonists came to escape religious persecution
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to escape religious persecution
For money and religious reasons
To escape religious persecution
The Puritans came to New England to escape religious persecution.
They had prepared quickly before they were invaded.
both faced religious prossecution from the church of England and they went to North America to escape the beliefs of the church of England.
To escape religious persecution in England.
To escape religious persecution.
to escape religious persecution establish a puritan commanwealth
The Quakers a.k.a. The Religious Society of Friends
To escape religious persecution in England.
To escape religious persecution - or so they said.