Many Puritans left England for America to escape religious persecution and to establish a society based on their religious beliefs. They hoped to create a “godly commonwealth” in the New World, a model society guided by their faith and free from the perceived corruption of the Church of England. Believing they had a special covenant with God, the Pilgrim Fathers and other Puritans, sought to create faithful communities in the American colonies.
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