2006-11-16 11:59:20 · 11 answers · asked by chevycobalt 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No. They left voluntarily, because England had become too oppressive. Much like present-day Massachussetts.
2006-11-16 12:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jim P 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, they chose to leave. However they killed the king of England and took over for a while. They were incredibly strict and didn't allow theater or music. The English didn't like it so the ex-king's brother kicked the pilgrims out of power and took back over. Needless to say, the pilgrims were not well liked in England anymore so they left to America so they could live like they wanted.
2006-11-16 12:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by apuleuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them. To England this was an easy way to get rid of "undesirables". Be they political, social, criminal, or otherwise. Once here, they would be required to produce certain goods for the Crown in return for certain provisions. They were not allowed to make their own metal tools (but they did anyway), for example, in order to keep them somewhat dependent on England (didn't work). Eventually, other Englanders and Europeans realized the potential of being free of direct rule and the opportunity to be naughty and get away with it and the flood gates broke open. The rest is history.
2006-11-16 12:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by dudezoid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If you're talking about the Puritans, they left voluntarily when they failed to "purify" the Church of England and English society in general. They were strict Calvinists in religion, and thought that God had chosen them to leave England and establish a better society somewhere else.
2006-11-16 13:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by Hub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think they left them selves. They did'nt have enough money for the travel papers, so they snuck out of England and went to Holland. They stayed in Holland for a while, but they later left for America.
2006-11-16 12:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by 1vn t_choine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More like they avoided the formality of the act itself. In some cases, more than likely. This is not to indicate they were Christians as there are now widely disparate entities calling themselves ' Christian '. It's best to follow up the information on what they believed to know what they really were:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers
2006-11-16 12:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, yes. The history channel has a new program on this again coming up. see the net for times and places.
they were basically puritanical in their views. look that word up too.
see also the mayflower compact.
2006-11-16 12:02:46 · answer #7 · answered by CCC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - and Holland because they followed an extreme version of christianity
2006-11-16 17:25:52 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put simply, the answer is no. THey obtained funding for Their journey by public subscription.
2006-11-16 12:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they wanted to because they couldn,t beleave what they wanted too that is why they left i learned that in my fifth grade sosial studts
2006-11-16 12:10:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋