What was the purpose of the Puritans coming to America?

The purpose of the Puritans coming to America in 1620 was partly to worship freely - there were still restrictions on worship in England at that time with some effort to maintain a monopoly of public worship for the Church of England. read more

The purpose of the puritans coming to America was obtain religious freedom - there were state appointed religions in Europe; ownership of land-all the land in Europe was taken; and, according to some opinions, meet and annihilate the aboriginal cultures. read more

They were: the PURITANS who came, primarily, from East Anglia to the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1629 and 1640; the CAVALIERS AND SERVANTS who came, primarily, from the south of England to Virginia between 1642 and 1675; the QUAKERS who came, primarily, from the English Midlands to Pennsylvania between 1675 and 1725; and the SCOTCH-IRISH who came, primarily, from the English/Scottish border counties (sometimes via northern Ireland) to Virginia (via Pennsylvania) between 1717 and 1775. read more