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"B. religious persecution" would be a push factor that encouraged people to leave England, since this was the reason that the Puritans decided to leave because they didn't want to e forced to change their religion.
The correct answer is option B. religious persecution. Religious persecution was a push factor mainly during the 17th century. At that moment, the Church of England or Anglican Church had already been set up and England was a Protestant country. During the 17th century, many groups of dissenters and non-conformists left England seeking for a place to practice their religion freely. One such group were the Puritans, who were extreme Protestants that wanted to "purify" the Church of England of some Roman Catholic traces. In 1604, after some disagreements with King James I at Hampton Court Conference as regards certain practices and ceremonies of the Church of England, a group of Puritans decided to abandon de Church. In 1620, when they got a charter from the monarch, they packed the Mayflower and sailed to America seeking for religious freedom. In the same way, in 1630, a second wave of Puritans left England escaping from the persecution of Archbishop Laud, during the reign of Charles I, and sailed to America in the Arabella. During this period, also many Catholics moved to America, escaping from religious persecution in England.
