EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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to escape the English civil war and show support for the king
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to escape poor economic conditions in England and avoid persecution
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to build large tobacco plantations on the fertile soil of New England
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to oppose the Catholic gentry settling in Maryland
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. Puritans were looking to establish a place they could practice religion without persecution from the English government. As England converted to a Protestant nation, those not agreeing with the Church of England were targeted. Puritans believed the church needed to be purified.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans, a religious group in England. They founded their colony to escape religious persecution and hoped to build a model religious community in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -These well-to-do Puritans and many thousands more left their English homes not to establish a land of religious freedom, but to practice their own religion without persecution. Puritan New England offered them the opportunity to live as they believed the Bible demanded.
Detailed explanation-4: -Poor economic conditions, social stresses, and political turmoil plagued England in the seventeenth century. These problems motivated almost 400, 000 people to leave England for British colonies in America. Among them was a group of reform-minded Protestants known as Puritans.
Detailed explanation-5: -They formed the Massachusetts Bay Company. In 1630 a fleet of ships carrying Puritan colonists left England for Massachusetts to seek religious freedom. They were led by John Winthrop. The Puritans believed that they had made a covenant, or promise, with God to build an ideal Christian community.