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Because they left England because they did not want to be part of the Anglican Church; they separated themselves from it. Because they SEPARTATED from the church (RELIGION) in England. They didn't like it, so they came to America and formed their own.

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Because they left England because they did not want to be part of the Anglican Church; they separated themselves from it.

Because they SEPARTATED from the church (RELIGION) in England. They didn't like it, so they came to America and formed

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Why were the Pilgrims also called Separatists?

The Pilgrims were called Separatists because they left the Church of England. Because of this, the Pilgrims were persecuted in England and came to the New World for religious reasons.


Because their journey had a religious purpose separatists called themselves?

Pilgrims.


The Separatists were also called Pilgrims true or false?

True. Pilgrims were separatists, however not all separatists were Pilgrims.


Why did the separatists who came to America call themselves pilgrims?

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.


What the separatists often called themselves?

pilgrims


In 1620 pilgrims were called?

Separatists


Where the pilgrims called separatists?

No, but the people that tried to attack the pilgrims were called sith loards


Why were pilgrams also known as separatists?

The Pilgrims broke away from the Church of England that King Henry instituted. They were persecuted for their beliefs and that they did not attend the Church of England. By the time the Pilgrims broke away from the church, King James was ruling. Some of these "Separatists" went to Holland. They lived there until they felt the Dutch were a bad influence. And again, some of those separatists left for America. These Separatists then made their "pilgrimage" (journey) to America. Today these Puritans/Religious Dessenters/Separatists are called the Pilgrims.


What religious group created the Mayflower Compact?

The Mayflower Compact was created by the Pilgrims, who were English Separatists seeking religious freedom. They were a small group of Puritans who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower in 1620 and established the Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts.


Which group the puritans or the separatists were the pilgrims that established the Plymouth colony?

the Separatists


The religious group many pilgrims belonged to?

The religious group that many pilgrims belonged to were known as the Separatists, also referred to as the Pilgrims. They were dissenters from the Church of England and believed in separating from the established church to practice their own form of religious worship.


What are separatists?

pilgrims