Question

Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?

Answer 1

Answer:

they wanted to escape persecution (the moved to north america to achive religous freedom)

Answer 2

Thirty-five of the Pilgrims were members of the radical English Separatist Church, who traveled to America to escape the jurisdiction of the Church of England, which they found corrupt. Ten years earlier, English persecution had led a group of Separatists to flee to Holland in search of religious freedom.