I was researching the Mayflower's voyage, and found out that the English Puritans and Separatists, settled in Leiden, Netherlands, before deciding to go to America. They made the voyage to America, because they felt that to stay in the Netherlands, they would be assimilated out of existence. Oddly, two ships, the Mayflower and Speedwell, were to have made the voyage, but the Speedwell kept springing leaks, which, it has been surmised, were created by the ship's master, as he was fearful of starving to death in America - not too far off, as half the Mayflower's passengers and crew stayed aboard the first winter, and died of contagious disease. I also found it interesting that the Mayflower was heavily armed, to protect against pirates and privateers. Last, they were originally headed to the Virginia colony, which had accepted them in advance, but couldn't make headway to go south, and remained in Cape Cod harbor.
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