Why did the mayflower leave england?

The Mayflower left England because the people on it wanted to go someplace where they could practice their religion without fear of punishment from the government.





Ironically, when they got here they made their form of religion the only one allowed in the Massachusetts Bay colony. Religious freedom in the New World had to wait until the founding of Rhode Island, by Roger Williams, a former inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay who was exiled because of his religious views.

Why did the mayflower leave england?
To get to the other side...
Reply:The Mayflower left England in 1620 and were supposedly to land around the Virginia colony but because of a storm they drifted north and landed at Plymouth in late 1620. The Puritans desired to flee from persecution of the Anglican Church to their different beliefs .
Reply:They wanted to find religious freedom
Reply:They felt silly just sitting at the dock forever.
Reply:First it left Holland, not England. The Puritans had fled there because their radical political views had made them gallows bait in England unfortunately Holland didn't care for their political views either. So they got an idea to go to America when some of their Elders read Squanto's account of his life among his people. They bribed the captain of the Mayflower to take them to Squanto's peoples old village (they had been wiped out by disease) instead of the stated destination of New Holland (New York now). Since they were away from both European governments they were able to set up their own system of governance as they had wanted all along. They did not believe in religious freedom for all, they wanted the freedom to practice their faith but were not exactly tolerant of other's beliefs.
Reply:The Mayflower left England because the Puritans wanted more religious freedom.