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Question 2 (1 point)

Why did groups such as the Quakers, Puritans, and Pilgrims migrate to North America?
a. to be able to practice their own religion
b. to establish plantations and sell cash crops
c. to search for gold and riches

Answer 1

The Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to practice religious freedom. In the 1500s England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created a new church called the Church of England. Everyone in England had to belong to the church. ... The Pilgrims decided to settle in this area and called it Plymouth.