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What motivated people more to settle in the American Colonies the desire for economic opportunity or the desire for religious freedom?
Janeyhampton
It was both...and 2 other things, some looked for ADVENTURE, and because off FORCED MIGRATION.
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What two religious groups openly condemn slavery in the American colonies?
The Quakers and the Mennonites were two religious groups that openly condemned slavery in the American colonies.
What was the dominant desire for liberty in the American colonies?
Religious Freedom
What religious movement swept through Europe and the british colonies that laid the foundation for the American revolution?
religious movement swept through europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s
What were the diverse purposes of England's American colonies and how were those purposes altered in the early years of settlement?
The colonies were founded to provide escape from religious persecution, and to provide an opportunity to become wealthy. I wouldn't say that these goals were altered in the early years of settlement. Colonial objections to obstacles to achieving them were mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, which suggests that religious freedom and financial prosperity were still important long after the colonies were founded.
Why do people settle in colonies?
They wanted religious freedom and have a better opportunity in work.
What two religious groups openly condemn slavery in the American colonies?
The Quakers and the Mennonites were two religious groups that openly condemned slavery in the American colonies.
Why were the middle colonies successful in the American colonies?
Yes, the Gentry and Middle Classes had the most opportunity in Colonial times
How did religious tolerance affect the American Colonies?
they spleed up
What was the dominant desire for liberty in the American colonies?
Religious Freedom
What motivated people to live in the northern colony?
Settlers in the northern colonies were mainly motivated by religious freedom. In most of the northern colonies, church and state were still combined. The southern colonies, on the other hand, were mainly populated by settlers who came to the New World to seek financial gain.
England viewed its North American colonies as an?
a place of religious fanatics.
What religious movement swept through Europe and the british colonies that laid the foundation for the American revolution?
religious movement swept through europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s
What were the diverse purposes of England's American colonies and how were those purposes altered in the early years of settlement?
The colonies were founded to provide escape from religious persecution, and to provide an opportunity to become wealthy. I wouldn't say that these goals were altered in the early years of settlement. Colonial objections to obstacles to achieving them were mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, which suggests that religious freedom and financial prosperity were still important long after the colonies were founded.
Why were the colonies started?
Some of the colonies were started for religious freedom such as Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Others were started for economic opportunity such as New York, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Most of the American colonies were settled by groups of people who sought religious freedom?
false
Religious life in the colonies was marked by?
In the American colonies, everyone had the freedom of religion. For this reason, there were many that followed major religions, and others that did not.
What are the main factors that devoleped the British colonies?
Availability of land, lack of military draft, religious toleration, and absence of restraints on economic opportunity.
