They knew the language and wanted religious freedom/ toleration and more land
because they wanted 2
New York
The English colonies settled on the continent of North America.
The English prisoners settled in Connecticut.
Australians speak English because the first Europeans to settle the continent were the British.
The Dutch, Swedes and the English all established colonies.
The British and Europeans settle in North America. This was in Jamestown.
Because you had private trading
Because they wanted to build colonies and they needed the resources there.
they came because they wanted freedom. and they settled in massachusetts.
The English were the first Europeans who were known to settle in Suriname. Their first attempt at setting up an English colony was in the Marshall's Creek area, in 1630. But they abandoned the notion of an English speaking Suriname in 1667 with the signing of the Treaty of Breda of July 31. By that treaty, New York became an area of English settlement, and Suriname Dutch.
one main reason europeans first came to north america