Why Did Puritans Decide to Emigrate from England in the Late

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Multiple Choice

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

• A) Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church.
• B) Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles.
• C) The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings.
• D) Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it.
• E) The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid.

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