Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands?
A) They sought new opportunities after a severe economic downturn in the Netherlands left many of them unemployed.
B) They felt that the surrounding culture was corrupting their children.
C) England had gone to war with the Netherlands, and the Pilgrims felt caught in the middle.
D) The Catholic Church took over the Netherlands under a papal edict in 1617, and the Pilgrims felt that they had no choice but to go.
E) The Dutch government ordered them to leave because of their radical religious ideas.
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