SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
PLYMOUTH ROCK SETTLEMENT
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To provide a place where Pilgrims could worship freely.
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To provide a place where Quakers could worship freely.
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To provide a place where Catholics could worship freely.
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To provide a place where Puritans could worship freely.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The pilgrims were fleeing religious persecution from the Anglican church and left to establish a settlement where they could worship freely in the New World.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to “purifying” the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.
Detailed explanation-3: -After departing England in 1608, the Pilgrims found sanctuary in the Dutch city of Leiden, where they were free to worship and enjoyed “much peace and liberty, ” according to Pilgrim Edward Winslow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Plymouth’s leaders did permit a significant measure of “liberty of conscience.” No one had to join the established church or have their children baptized by its ministers. At first, there weren’t any church taxes, and, much of the time, attempts to enforce attendance at worship didn’t amount to much.