They wanted to live free from religious persecution.
The king of England would not let the puritans worship their god.
The Puritans came to the New World because they wanted to "purify" the Church of England.
The Puritans left England in the 17th century to escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom. They settled primarily in the region of New England in North America, founding colonies such as Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Yes, some Puritans were known as Separatists because they believed in separating from the Church of England. They wanted to worship in a more pure and simple way, separate from the perceived corruption of the established church. This led some Separatists to eventually settle in America, seeking religious freedom.
The Puritans first settled in Plymouth Colony in 1620.
The puritans left England in hopes to "purify" or reform the practices of King Henry VIII's new mandatory religion: The Church of England. You see, the King, as you may already know, had been through a number of wives, and couldn't just keep killing them. He was running out of excuses to make divorce okay in the Catholic Church, so he just altered the rules slightly, and called it The Church of England. There were groups called the Separatists who left because they didn't like the Church of England. Those people are the people you know as Pilgrims. The puritans, however, didn't mind the Church of England, they just wanted to purify its practices. They traveled to America in fear that the Kind would not like their attempt at reformation of the practices. They settled along the coast of the Massachusetts Bay.
The Puritans settled in New England seeking religious freedom and a community based on their beliefs, while Jamestown was founded as a profit-driven venture by the Virginia Company. The Puritans focused on creating a close-knit, religiously homogeneous society, while Jamestown had a more diverse population with a primary focus on economic gain through industries like tobacco farming.
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the first group that settled new England were the puritans
Massachusetts
The Puritans left the country of England to settle in the New England region of North America. A large majority of the early settlers of New England were of English descent.
Which region did the puritans settle while seeking religious freedom
the separatists and the puritans left England and went to North America because both groups wanted to practice their own religion freely.
massachusets bay
The Puritans left England in the 17th century to escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom. They settled primarily in the region of New England in North America, founding colonies such as Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony.