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They had religious freedom in the Netherlands. The idea that they were persecuted is a very stubborn myth. They went to the Americas in search of the same thin
by mullingitover 3mo ago
They had religious freedom in the Netherlands. The idea that they were persecuted is a very stubborn myth.
They went to the Americas in search of the same thing as most immigrants: money[1].
[1] https://www.history.com/articles/why-pilgrims-came-to-america-mayflower https://www.history.com/articles/why-pilgrims-came-to-americ...
- mullingitover 3mo ago(Also worth noting: these people were adamantly opposed to religious freedom as a principle. Just ask any of the dead Maryland Catholics who had the audacity to live near them. The Constitution was in no small part a rebuke of these people's religious bigotry).