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Why did the separatists who came to America call themselves pilgrims?
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∙ 6y ago
The pilgrims were known as separatists because they did not believe in the teachings of the English church so they SEPERATED from it. They did this by coming to the Americas and starting their own colonies.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe separatists who came to America called themselves pilgrims. Separatist pilgrims thought of themselves as being on a religious journey.
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What did the pilgrims sometimes call themselves?
Many pilgrims called themselves Puritans since they belonged to the Puritan sect known as the Separatists.
What did the pilgrims call themselves?
some of them were considered to be Tom Chokers or Turkey Ranglers.
What did the Pilgrims call their new colony?
The Pilgrims called their new colony Plymouth.
What did the pilgrims call their non separatist friends?
strangers
What did the pilgrims call the laws they made on the mayflower?
Mayflower Compact
What did the pilgrims sometimes call themselves?
Many pilgrims called themselves Puritans since they belonged to the Puritan sect known as the Separatists.
What did the pilgrims call themselves?
some of them were considered to be Tom Chokers or Turkey Ranglers.
What do you call the separatists who founded Plymouth?
Pilgrims
What do you call separatists who founded Plymouth?
Pilgrims
Because their journey had a religious purpose the separatists called themselves?
they didnt call ''themself'' Pilgrims a guy way later on them that. they call themselves saints and other people strangers
What do you call Pilgrims that break away from the Church of England?
Separatists
What did the call themselves?
Pilgrims
What did separatist call themselves?
Pilgrims
Why did the separatists call themselves pilgrims?
The word means traveler in a foreign land.
What did the group of colonists that sailed to Virginia on The Mayflower call themselves?
pilgrims
What did the pilgrims call other pilgrims?
They probably didn't call each other pilgrims - I believe the name for them wasn't invented yet. They probably called each other friend, by their name, or by their state in their little groups. Mkaddict12: They were referred to as the Separatists, and the name Pilgrim was invented years later.
Why did pilgrims call themselves separatist?
The word means traveler in a foreign land.
