I stumbled upon your question after reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder to my son. It seems the term panther is not clearcut at all in North America and I'm still trying to figure out what type of cat Pa is talking about in the story.
they came looking for religious freedom
They came by ship. It took 3 to 6 months of travel.
they came looking for religious freedom.
Well the Native Americans had lived in North America for centuries before European settlers came along. As far the first successful British settlement in North America however, that would be Jamestown, Virginia.
the french and british settlers that came to north America who essentially destroyed native American culture
The first settlers in North America came to the continent in 1620, it is believed that the first log cabins were constructed before 1640. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_cabin
wolves used to live all over North America, but when settlers came they migrated to the northern part of the continent.
It is known that thousand of years ago they followed the herds across the land bridge.
They came with the first European settlers, about 1502
The Quakers came to North America in search of land.
They wanted to seek an inland site for their settlement, which would provide protection from enemy ships.
the Pilgrim's came for religious purposes and the Jamestown settlers came for power/wealth