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Stone_Monkey's avatar

Yes and no. They left Europe because a) it was falling apart during the 30 Years War and b) they literally didn't want to be even able to see other people being religious in a manner that was different to theirs - these were people who were too hardcore for Puritan England, and thought that Calvinist Holland was far too liberal. They wanted, what later became, the US to have their religion and no others.They came to America to be free of other peoples' religions, but they believed that no one in America should be free of theirs.

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Love the look on his face.

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