Many of the original English colonists were religious separatists from the Church of England (i.e., the Pilgrims in Plymouth and the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony). Why were these groups eager to settle colonies in North America?
Because they wanted to get away since they had no religious freedom or they believed that the general was mean to them .They got in trouble if they got caught Praying to god And not there ruler they would get persecuted
