4.When the Pilgrims set sail for the New World, they were not motivated by money or anything else of the sort. They were motivated by religion. Unhappy with the Church of England, the pilgrims wanted to break away from the Church and establish their own religious community...unlike the mainstream puritans who wished to purify the church from within - without leaving it. The pilgrims eventually landed in Massachusetts and their settlement prospered with the help of the Indians. | 4.When the Pilgrims set sail for the New World, they were not motivated by money or anything else of the sort. They were motivated by religion. Unhappy with the Church of England, the pilgrims wanted to break away from the Church and establish their own religious community...unlike the mainstream puritans who wished to purify the church from within - without leaving it. The pilgrims eventually landed in Massachusetts and their settlement prospered with the help of the Indians. |