People came to the colonies to begin new lives in a place where there was freedom from oppression and freedom to pursue one's chosen religion. They also came to the colonies to avoid taxation and to try to move ahead in their class status.
relgious reasons
Most people in the New England colonies came to America for freedom of religion. Some also had economic reasons.
The early settlers settled in the southern colonies since there many riches associated with these colonies. One of the man cash crops in the area was tobacco and the settlers came here for economic gains.
god, glory, gold
The Northern colonies were initially settled by groups of people from England who left for religious reasons. People also settled in the Northern colonies for economic reasons.
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Many came to the colonies for the same reasons others came. People of ALL faiths came to the colonies and people of many countries came as well. A person who is a Muslim is NOT always from the Middle East and can be a person who is an American with 200 years of ancestors in the United States. To discriminate against someone because of religious affiliation is against the constitution and the basic values of this country.
Some came to the Americas as explorers. Other groups of colonists came to America searching for the right to practice their religion without persecution. Many of the other immigrants to the American colonies came for reasons that were economic.
Usually people of many different religions came to french colonies.
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reasons English settlers came to colonies in America
the people that were in the southern colonies were the puritans and also the Quakers and they got along very well.