Why Did Puritans Decide They Needed to Leave Great Britain

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Multiple Choice

Why did Puritans decide they needed to leave Great Britain?

• A) They decided that there were too many distractions in Great Britain.
• B) They learned that the king planned to reestablish Catholicism as the state religion.
• C) They realized that North America believed an excellent area to make converts.
• D) James I offered the Puritans incentives to settle in North America.
• E) Charles I ended his predecessor's practice of tolerating Puritans.

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