JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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To benefit from the colonies’ long summers and short winters.
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To benefit from the colonies’ short summers and long winters.
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To escape political unrest and a poor climate in England.
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To seek religious freedom and economic opportunity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Colonists came to America because they wanted political liberty. They wanted religious freedom and economic opportunity. The United States is a country where individual rights and self-government are important. This has always been true.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following the desire for a better material life for themselves and their children, the desire for religious freedom probably motivated more immigrants to come to America than any other concern-and the two desires have often been inextricably linked.
Detailed explanation-3: -The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World. The Virginia Company of London established the Jamestown colony to make a profit for its investors. Europe’s period of exploration and colonization was fueled largely by necessity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many of the early colonies were founded because people were seeking religious freedom-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Maryland all had those roots.