Which of the following statements below best describes why people came to America for religious reasons?

A. They wanted to escape sever persecution

B. they wanted to worship other gods C. they wanted to start their own churches D. they wanted to evangelize the new world

C. they wanted to start their own churches

Explanation:

In New England, the northwestern region of what is now the United States of America, the English Puritans established several colonies. So named because they wanted to purify the Anglican Church from the influence of the Rome's Church, they thought that the England's Church had adopted too many practices from Rome. Being subjected to continuous internal persecution, they decided to flee to the territories of North America, with the intention of founding a colony based on their own religious ideals. The first group of Puritans, known as the pilgrims, crossed the Atlantic on a ship called Mayflower, and although they had received authorization from the London Company to settle in their territories they were expelled northward, settling in Plymouth in the current State of Massachusetts in 1620.