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  • No, the puritans fled England to flee people’s response to their godawful rule. But they went to the Netherlands, which was known for its religious tolerance. Unfortunately, the Netherlands tolerated all religions not just theirs, which was absolutely unacceptable so they fled to north America as they’d rather deal with new England weather than people with different ideas about the same God.

    We do have some states founded on European religious oppression. Maryland was given to Lord Baltimore to get the catholic nobleman out of England (hence it being named after Mary and having a ton of Jews). And Pennsylvania was founded to be a refuge for Quakers and good old Quaker values of tolerance, nonviolence, and friendship towards those who are different.

    We also had New Amsterdam York which was founded by the Dutch where they exported their religious tolerance and mercantile capitalism, resulting in a large, diverse, and well off city.