The Pilgrims is a story about the journey the Pilgrims took to land on America and what they did in order to get there The Pilgrims lived in England where Henry IVVV created a church called “The England Church. ” Many Pilgrims disliked the church because many ideas were established but many would disagree with them. The Pilgrims wanted the church to be controlled by religious leaders and not by politicians and felt forced to practice their religion. The pilgrims began to name themselves “Separatists” since they wanted to be separated from The Church of England. The Separatist created their own religious group, but at that time starting your own church was against the law. To avoid breaking the law the Separatists decided