Question

Select the correct word from the list to complete each sentence. The pilgrims fled England to avoid religious ____.

A. bitter
B. instigator
C. persecution
D. purge
E. refuge
F. tense

Answer 1

Persecution.
The definition for this: hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

C is the Answer

Answer 2

The pilgrims fled England to avoid religious C. persecution.

Step-by-step explanation:

Religious persecution refers to the systematic mistreatment of a minority of individuals on the grounds of their religious beliefs by alienating or repressing them through imprisonment, denial of their civil rights, torture, execution, etc. Throughout history, many minorities fleed their places of residence to avoid religious persecution.