puritans
puritans
There were a variety of British religions, however most were members of the Church of England.
The Church of England is a protestant church, it practices Anglican Christianity, which is a whole range of protestant religious flavors from High Church Anglican - which lookslike Catholic to Low Church Anglican which looks like the Methodists.
To escape religious persecution in England.
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For Religious reasons, they left England to rebble against the Church of England.
The Puritans were seeking religious freedom from the Church of England.
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David Goslee has written: 'Romanticism and the Anglican Newman' -- subject(s): Anglican Communion, Christianity, Church of England, Doctrines, History, History of doctrines, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Romanticism, Romanticism
They escaped because of a religious persecution from the King of England. Also, the Anglican Church had somewhat to do with it.
William Penn, the founder of the colony Pennsylvania, established it so that Quakers could have religious freedom from the Anglican church of England.
The pilgrims mainly settled in New England because they wanted religious freedom. The majority of the first pilgrims were either Puritans (wanted to purify Anglican church) or Separatists (wanted to separate from Anglican church). It is also important to realize that they wanted religious freedom for themselves, not other religious congregations.