The Protestants who left France to settle in the New World were the?

The Huguenots were French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries, many of whom suffered severe persecution for their faith. The first French Huguenot community was founded in 1546, and the confession of faith drawn up by the first synod in 1559 was influenced by the ideas of John Calvin. Their numbers increased rapidly and they became a political force, led by Gaspard II de Coligny. Conflicts with the Roman Catholic government and others, including the House of Guise, was responisible for the Massacre of St Bartholomew (August 1572) in which thousands of Huguenots perished, and led to the Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598). A Huguenot political party was formed in 1573 to fight for religious and civil liberties.

Huguenots

Explanation:

the term originates from 16th century france