discovery of the American continent, the New World mainly attracted young European men looking for adventure, business opportunities or entrusted with a religious mission. When it reached Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, the Mayflower brought the first wave of British Puritan families seeking to establish a colony and permanently settle in America. The Puritan settlements rapidly grew throughout the following decades, as new waves of European Puritans undertook their dangerous journey across the Atlantic…
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