Protestants in England who came to America as pilgrims and wanted to leave and found their own churches were called

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Timmy Brolin · Answer 1 · 2024-06-01T01:46:14+0000

Answer: Puritans

Explanation: The Puritans, a much larger group than the Pilgrims, established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 with 400 settlers. Puritans were English Protestants who wished to reform and purify the Church of England in the New World of what they considered to be unacceptable residues of Roman Catholicism.

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