Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
freedom. They didn’t like the way the church of England was teaching. It was too controlling. They came to America to Praise the triune God the way they felt was best, without influence from the church of England which is most comparable to the Episcopal church in the U.S. No, that is not true — “Religious freedom” is the rhetoric. In fact, the Pilgrims/Puritans left England because they couldn’t stand the open, religious freedom allowed there. Puritans were followers of the teachings of Calvin and believed, like the Separatists, that man was born in sin. To become saved, they would have to prove they were worthy while on earth. Instead of separating from the Church of England, they wanted to “purify” the Church of the influence of the Catholic Church within the Anglican Church; thus, the name, “Puritans.” Puritans wanted to remove themselves from non-Puritans and left Great Britain because they were not pleased with the way non-Puritans were worshiping without much interference.
