Imagine living in a place where your religious viewpoints aren't tolerated. Imagine being so desperate for religious freedom that you want to leave your homeland and cross the ocean to a place where you have little knowledge about. A place inhabited with a race of people with a completely different culture. This is what the Puritans or Separatists had to face in the 17th century. They had no choice but to leave. I completely agree with their decision. Leaving was their only option. By leaving England, the Pilgrims gave their children the opportunity to believe in their faith without religious persecution. .
In the 17th century, the bloodiest conflict occurred between the Native Americans and Pilgrims; the King Philip's War. Many Native Americans and Pilgrims died, including women and children. King Philip's war was named after a Pokanoket leader (not after an Englishman) who was from the Pokanoket tribe. During King Philip's war, there were many acts of violence. For example, according to Mary Rowlandson's book, "The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson," the Native Americans "would boast much of their victories; saying that in two hours time they had destroyed such a captain and his company at such a place; and boast how many towns they had destroyed, and then scoff, and say they had done them a good turn to send them to Heaven so soon. ".
When the Pilgrims first came to the New World they had worries and fears. They were worried about their survival and about where their next meal would come from. My parents also had the same problem. They were not used to American food. I grew up in America, but I mostly ate Indian food as a child. I wasn't used to eating American food until I was in my teens. The Pilgrims also had fears of possible Native American attacks. Tension developed among the Pilgrims as many of them became ill. They left home to find a new better home and now they are in a place they don't know much about.
