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Why did the Pilgrims and the Puritans establish colonies in the New World?

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The Pilgrims and Puritans came toAmerica to practice religious freedom. In the 1500s England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created a new church called the Church of England. Everyone in England had to belong to the church
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