The Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to practice religious freedom. ... The Separatists, under the leadership of William Bradford, decided to leave England and start a settlement of their own so that they could practice their religion freely.

Why did Separatists leave England?

The Separatists (also known as the Pilgrims) left England because they wished to establish their own church independent of the Church of England...

Why did the English left England?

The accepted wisdom is that the Puritans were forced to flee England and Europe because they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs, and that they arrived in the Americas (which they regarded as an empty, previously untrodden land, despite the presence of the Native Americans) with ideas of creating a new ...