By then tens of thousands of people, most of them leading prosperous lives in England, left what they had economically back in their home country to risk life in a foreign land for the sake of religion (Bettlock).
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2. The Puritans formed the basis of American democracy with their town meetings, suffrage system, written agreements, etc. Town meetings were held by the