In early 1600s, English puritans and pilgrims fled the persecution of

Englands Anglican Church. Pilgrims fled to Holland and later departed to the
New World. They arrived at Cape Cod in 1620, with the intentions of
establishing their own colony in Plymouth, hidden from the London
Company's authority. Puritans, on the other hand, wanted to purify
England's "Anglican Church" of its hierarchical authority and establish
religious freedom for their people. Englands poor economic state was
another factor that drove the Puritans out of the country. The Puritans were
searching for a new means of lively hood and wanted to use their ideas of
freedom as a means to expand their colony. Compared to the Dutch, the
French and (especially) the Spanish, the English (both Puritans and Pilgrims)
and their overall goals didnt seem to differ. They overall seemed to have the
same goals and ambitions, such as wealth, expansion, religious and
economic prosperity. The English however felt that they could achieve such
things by abiding their notion of freedom. They befriended Native Americans
and were much better at keeping a mutual equality and understanding
between them. Both the French and the Dutch seemed to share this
philosophy as well, except they didn't really care for trying to convert the
Natives to their own religious beliefs. The French and Dutch's primary focus
was in expanding their land and trade; the English especially saw "owning
land" was a huge aspect of what it means to be free. The Puritans were
adamant in converting Native Americans to Christianity, however were much
more lenient than the Spanish. Because of the Pilgrims respectable nature,
the Wampanoag Tribe aided the Pilgrims in teaching them their ways of
agriculture and other means to living off of the land. Since the English were
considered fashionably late in settling on the soil of the New World, they
would have to work double time to compete with their rivals in expanding
their colonies and exploring unknown territory.