Why did the Eleuthrian Adventures leave Bermuda?

Why did the Eleuthrian Adventures leave Bermuda?

• A. They sought better trade opportunities
• B. They were escaping war with pirates
• C. They sought warmer climate
• D. They wanted Religious freedom and didn't want to practice Anglicanism

Answer: (D)

Religious freedom and the ability to worship without the Anglican Establishment shaped why the Eleutheran Adventurers left Bermuda. They were Puritans who wanted to practice their beliefs outside the Church of England’s control, and Bermuda’s authorities enforced Anglican worship and governance. To escape that environment and establish a colony where they could govern themselves and worship as they pleased, they sailed to the Bahamas and settled on Eleuthera. The name Eleutheran Adventurers itself signals this longing for freedom. While trade, pirates, or climate weren’t the main motives, the push for religious liberty was.

Religious freedom and the ability to worship without the Anglican Establishment shaped why the Eleutheran Adventurers left Bermuda. They were Puritans who wanted to practice their beliefs outside the Church of England’s control, and Bermuda’s authorities enforced Anglican worship and governance. To escape that environment and establish a colony where they could govern themselves and worship as they pleased, they sailed to the Bahamas and settled on Eleuthera. The name Eleutheran Adventurers itself signals this longing for freedom. While trade, pirates, or climate weren’t the main motives, the push for religious liberty was.