religious commitment and devotion
The Pilgrims in 1620. They had tried to find a home in the Netherlands after leaving England and then they took the Mayflower to Mass to start a colony.
The Pilgrims in 1620. They had tried to find a home in the Netherlands after leaving England and then they took the Mayflower to Mass to start a colony.
England established settlements in South America in present-day Guyana.
The earliest settlements in Newfoundland were established by Indigenous peoples, including the Beothuk and Mi'kmaq, thousands of years before European contact. Norse explorers, led by Leif Erikson, reached the area around 1000 AD, with evidence of a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows. However, it wasn't until the late 15th and early 16th centuries that European fishing expeditions, particularly from England and France, began to establish more permanent settlements, notably in places like St. John's and Bonavista. These early European settlements were primarily focused on the lucrative cod fishery.
The chief motivation for the settling of New England was to challenge Spain. Spain was a hated country in those days.
The Whigs and the Tories were England's principal political parties. The two were on opposing sides of the issues many times.
They left from Plymouth, England.
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1730s