Who were the "Saints?" secular colonists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower Protestant Separatists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower Americans who greeted the Pilgrims as they arrived in Cape Cod Dutch craftsmen who came to America on a merchant ship

Protestant Separatists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower

Explanation:

The separatists refused pledging allegiance to the church of England as they felt they were as corrupt and idolatrous as the Catholic Church they had replaced. they left England to Holland where they had hoped for freedom of worship.

The separatists who called themselves saints, did get this freedom but life was not as easy as they thought. Some of their young ones strayed due to the cosmopolitan atmosphere.

This caused them to move to the 'New World' , that is across the atlantic ocean. A Place without any Interference from government or worldly distractions. The Mayflower was the ship with which they crossed to the new world.

the italian poet francesco petrarch did! (: