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Who were Puritans? Why did they leave England?
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Solution
- Reformers who led a religious movement to reform the Church of England dispensing with the teachings and practices of Roman Catholic Church were known as Puritans. The Stuart kings, James I and Charles I, did not tolerate their attempts to reform the Church of England.
- The persecution of Puritans prompted many to leave England and settle.
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