They came to America to be free from religious persecution; however, if someone did not accept their interpretation of the Bible, he or she were considered impure and sinful. The natives had their own religion because they were never introduced to the concept of Christianity until the Europeans arrived. The Pilgrims did not understand or accept this, so they believed that the Indians worshipped the Devil. Because of this, the Pilgrims saw themselves as fighting a holy war against Satan by deceiving, torturing, and killing the Native Americans. Overall, the Pilgrims wanted to exterminate all the American Indians because they had different
They came to America to be free from religious persecution; however, if someone did not accept their interpretation of the Bible, he or she were considered impure and sinful. The natives had their own religion because they were never introduced to the concept of Christianity until the Europeans arrived. The Pilgrims did not understand or accept this, so they believed that the Indians worshipped the Devil. Because of this, the Pilgrims saw themselves as fighting a holy war against Satan by deceiving, torturing, and killing the Native Americans. Overall, the Pilgrims wanted to exterminate all the American Indians because they had different