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- Due to economic difficulties, as well as fears that they would lose their English language and heritage, they began to make plans to settle in the New World.
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Nov 13, 2020 · When the Pilgrims set sail from Europe in 1620, several powerful reasons propelled them across the Atlantic Ocean to make new lives in America—but religious liberty was not their most...
Nov 15, 2023 · The Pilgrims struggled to survive in the New World and were famously assisted by a tribe of Native Americans, the Pokanokets. In the fall of 1621, they shared a meal with the Pokanokets, which is seen today as the foundation of the holiday that became Thanksgiving.
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Dec 2, 2009 · The Pilgrims were the people who arrived in Massachusetts via the Mayflower in 1620 and formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England.
The Pilgrims’ migration across the Atlantic on the Mayflower vessel in 1620 would prove to be an historic move. The Pilgrims’ primary reason for coming to America was religious freedom. They wanted freedom to believe and worship without harassment or persecution.
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts (John Smith had named this territory New Plymouth in 1620, sharing the name of the Pilgrims' final departure port of Plymouth, Devon).
In a quest to find religious tolerance and escape the harsh economic conditions of a drifting life, the 'pilgrims' or English settlers sort refuge in 'New England' to begin a new life. Historyplex explains the reason and history behind the Pilgrims sailing to America.
The main reason the Pilgrims came to America was to escape religious persecution from the Anglican Church. As a Puritan sect, the Pilgrims believed the Church of England exhibited...
