They wanted to seperate from the English church.
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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.
Massasoit was considered a friend of the Pilgrims. He was also an important ally to the Pilgrims that settled at Plymouth.
Pilgrims were separatists.
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Puritans
The word means traveler in a foreign land.
They are both separatist that left for religious freedoms the Puritans to purify the church and Pilgrims to practice there own religion.
Pilgrims
The non-Separatist Puritans who sought refuge in the New World were known as the Pilgrims. They were dismissed by King James I and faced religious persecution in England. The Pilgrims eventually settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
There were around 35 passengers on the Mayflower who were part of the Christian separatist group known as the Pilgrims.
The 60 Pilgrims were looking for freedom of religion. They were discriminated against and arrested as members of the Separatist religion.