. A history of the United States. led to their being calledIndependents or Separatists. They disliked, besides,the manner of conducting the ordinary services of the EnglishChurch. When they tried to organize small independentchurches, where they could worship in their own way, royalofficials hunted them out and punished them by fines andimprisonment. If after three months imprisonment theyrefused to obey, they could be expelled from the kingdom andtheir property seized. Exiles in Holland. — In 1607 and 1608 rather than run therisk of losing all their property, as well as of being sent intoexil
. A history of the United States. led to their being calledIndependents or Separatists. They disliked, besides,the manner of conducting the ordinary services of the EnglishChurch. When they tried to organize small independentchurches, where they could worship in their own way, royalofficials hunted them out and punished them by fines andimprisonment. If after three months imprisonment theyrefused to obey, they could be expelled from the kingdom andtheir property seized. Exiles in Holland. — In 1607 and 1608 rather than run therisk of losing all their property, as well as of being sent intoexile, many Separatists, especially from the farming regionnear Lincoln and York, crossed the North Sea to the Dutchcities of Amsterdam and Leyden. They could worship asthey chose in Holland, but they found that only by the sever-est toil, including the labor of their children, could theymake a Living. They soon realized that their children werelikely to forget the English language and English customs, 50 THE PILGRIMS AND PLYMOUTH. A House in Leyden, in 1620 marry into Dutch families, and perhaps enter the Dutcharmy and navy. Some of the older people returned to Eng-land, preferring to risk imprisonment rather than cease being English. One con-gregation living at Leyden,of which John Robinsonwas the pastor, decided togo to America. They ex-pected to find land and achance to worship as theybeheved. They were, how-ever, too poor to go so farwithout help. Accordinglythey sent two of theirnumber to London tosecure money to carry out their plan. The Plan to emigrate to America. — Some London mer-chants were persuaded to advance £1,200, equivalent tonearly $30,000 in money today, with which to hire ships andsailors and buy supplies. The understanding was that eachsubscriber of £10 was to own a share. Each of the Pilgrims,as the members of this emigrant band were called, was alsoto receive a share. Both people and money were neededto found a colony. All that the colonists could gain
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