The reasons are that Rehoboam attempted to continue his father, Solomon's unwise policy of swinging taxes and then arrogantly increased them when the Israelites complained. In a very short time, the Israelites rebelled and split from Israel, forming their own kingdom called Israel.
this would be the proper answer The Pilgrims came to the New World to escape religious persecution.
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1776, and ended in 1865 because the passage of the thirteenth amendment.
