1.)American colonies go to America to avoid religious perspecution Wasn't it that those "pilgrim fathers" who went to the new world at the time (i.e. the times

1.)American colonies go to America to avoid religious perspecution Wasn't it that those "pilgrim fathers" who went to the new world at the time (i.e. the times of the colonies) went there because they wanted religious persecution? At the time, there was too much religious tolerance for their liking (particularly for those who had already tried living in Holland, notorious libertines even then) and by establishing a colony they could enforce their correct religion and not have to co-exist with others (which they promptly did, insisting on their own brand of protestantism).