Religion was certainly the issue for some. Others were sent here as punishment. Their choice was banishment to America or jail. Still others came because they wanted less restrictive laws to allow them to "express" themselves.
Many people think it was Captain John Smith who came with the colonist in Jamestown. He was in Jamestown, but that was after they had been there awhile that he arrived. He found a colony that was dying.
Ballls deep was the first American city
1608, Polish craftsmen came to Jamestown.
Like many of today's immigrants, there were colonists who came to America because they were facing persecution (or experiencing prejudice) because of their religious or cultural beliefs. Also, like many of today's immigrants, there were colonists who came to America seeking a better life for themselves and their family, and economic opportunities that were not available to them in the old country.
(They came to America to escape worldly temptations like wealth.)
they wanted to get rich
the colonists came from England
Jamestown Virginia was discovered by the colonists when they came to America in 1607. They arrived and discovered the land where Jamestown was founded about 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
Many people think it was Captain John Smith who came with the colonist in Jamestown. He was in Jamestown, but that was after they had been there awhile that he arrived. He found a colony that was dying.
Jamestown was made in the early 1700's when the British colonists came to what is now Virginia.
they came back one year later
Ballls deep was the first American city
Actually All of them died, eventually!
The colonists had bees shipped to America in hives. The first arrived in the Jamestown colony and spread throughout the area.
Colonists came from England in many different groups. The most famous ones were the settlement of Jamestown and the Settlement of New England.
house of burgesses
They were called colonist.