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Which option best describes why Puritans were motivated to migrate from England to the New World?

Puritans who wanted to convert to Judaism could do so in the New World without persecution from English rulers.

Puritans were promised riches such as gold and silver by Henry VIII if they established territories in modern-day Boston.

Puritans wanted to separate from the Church of England and practice their own form of Christian beliefs.

Puritans were fleeing persecution from the Roman Catholic Church and the Counter-Reformation movement.

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yes that is the correct answer Puritans did want to separate from the church because they wanted to practice their beliefs freely.

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User Kirill Ignatyev
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Puritans wanted to separate from the Church of England and practice their own form of Christian beliefs.
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