Why do people on the mayflower make the dangerous journey?

There were primarily two reasons.





1) Religious reasons. England was becoming more and more Protestant, so prosecuted Catholics wanted to escape to the colonies.





2) Land was very scarce and peasants wanted a better life for themselves. They saw that they could become the aristocracy (over African slaves) if they moved to the 13 colonies.

Why do people on the mayflower make the dangerous journey?
The Pilgrims began as a religious group who felt that the only way to practice their religion was to separate from the Church of England.


These "Separatists" centered around Scrooby, a village in Nottinghamshire in the English Midlands.


In 1607/8, the congregation moved to Amsterdam and in 1609 to the city of Leiden in the more religiously tolerant Netherlands.


The community began to move to America in 1620.


The first four ships were the Mayflower (1620), the Fortune (1621), the Anne and the Little James (1623).


Eighteenth-century Plymoutheans frequently referred to the early colonists as "Forefathers."


The term "Pilgrims," referring to religious travelers, was not generally used to describe the early Plymouth colonists until the early 1800s, when Governor Bradford’s phrase, "they knew they were Pilgrims" began to be quoted.
Reply:To escape Religious prosecution
Reply:To escape religious persecution meaning they were driven away because of thier religious beliefs, race, etc. The same thing happened to the Mormons - that's why they live in Utah. Prosecution is legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior: something that happenis in court and involves layers and such
Reply:For religious freedom, and to become protestants.
Reply:All above answers are right. However, I believe they were from Holland, not refugees from England at the time.