This is really interesting reading even though it's already a couple of years old, and an outlook not everyone considers - or has even heard about. 

There are some other article titles presented that you might like to click on, as well.

"When we insist that the Pilgrims came to America “in search of religious freedom,” we tell their story in a way that they themselves wouldn’t recognize. In the process, we make their story primarily a source of ammunition for the culture wars. Frustrated by increasing governmental infringement on religious expression, we remind the unbelieving culture around us that “our forefathers” who “founded” this country were driven above all by a commitment to religious liberty.

But while we’re bludgeoning secularists with the Pilgrim story, we ignore the aspects of their story that might cast a light into our own hearts. They struggled with fundamental questions still relevant to us today."

https://faithandamericanhistory.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/why-the-pilgrims-really-came-to-america/