Question

All of the following are true of the Pilgrims EXCEPT that they:
A.established the Plymouth colony
B.based their initial colonial government on the Mayflower Compact
C.were Separatists who had abandoned the Church of England
D.originally fled to Holland
E.were a sect of radical Catholics.

Answer 1

Answer:

E. Were a sect of radical Catholics.

Explanation:

The Pilgrims were not catholics, they were radical protestants. Most of them were puritan calvinists who believed that the English Anglican Church was corrupted, and because of that, their faith should be separate from it.

They fled first to Holland where they encountered more persecution. They decided then to flee to America where they founded the Plymouth Colony.