Why did the settlers of Plymouth and Massachusetts bay colonies come to America?

Answer 1

These settlers, who came in the early 1600s, were known as the Pilgrim Fathers. They were a religious group from England. They wanted to lead a quiet and simple religious life, but had experienced strife in England, which at that time, was going through a very serious and volatile period, religiously and politically.

To preserve their religion and religious ways, initially they went to Holland. However, fear of losing their 'English' cultural identity, the group arranged, with the help of English investors, to go to America, to establish a colony there.

Answer 2

They came to colonize Plymouth because they wanted religious freedom. The King refused to give them what they wanted. They traveled to Holland. But then the children started speaking Dutch. They were afraid the children were losing their roots. So they went to America and made a colony called Plymouth. :D Your welcome!

Answer 3

Pilgrims were separatists who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. They also wanted to separate themselves from those who were not believers, the damned. Pilgrims believed they were elected by God for salvation and they wanted to worship only with other “saints” who had also been saved by God. They sought to establish a colony in America to achieve these aims.

Answer 4

The Pilgrims decided to leave England because of religious conflicts. They later settled in the Netherlands. Mothers had said their children were growing too much Dutch. So they left the Netherlands for Jamestown, Virginia, because other English colonists were making a living there. While on the voyage, a terrible storm hit their path and caused them to end up in Plymouth.

Answer 5

it was the name of the port they sailed from