Whydid the puritan leave England or America

The Puritans were forced to flee England because they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs.

The accepted wisdom is that the Puritans were forced to flee England and Europe because they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs, and that they arrived in the Americas, which they regarded as an empty, previously untrodden land despite the presence of the Native Americans, with ideas of creating a brand.