Question

Why did the Separatists leave their homes in England and move to the Netherlands?

Answer 1

to escape an outbreak of plague in London

to prepare to migrate to the American colonies

to avoid religious persecution

to find better work

which one

Answer 2

Separatists or Puritans is a group of migrants who believed that the church of England is corrupt, they wanted to reform it or separate from it. They believed that the church is founded by the Holy Spirit, not by man or any other government. They left England in 1608.