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<span>D. They fled from religious persecution in England.
They were puritans so everyone in Europe disliked them. Puritans were something like extremist protestant Christians with extreme work ethics and ideas of Christian purity. This wasn't approved by the regular Catholics or by the common protestants.</span>
There are 2 answers that fits the meaning of interest groups. It is letter b and c. Interest groups are also called pressure group. This are group of people or an organization that has the concers and trying to influence public policy in thier favor. They are concerns with various issues or problems that gave them hindrances to win control of the government. They pressure the policy makers by lobbying.