SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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France and Spain
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Spain and Great Britain
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Great Britain and France
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The Puritans and the Pilgrims were among the first groups to settle in America, circa 1620 CE, in an effort to escape religious persecution in England.
Detailed explanation-2: -In some areas Catholics persecuted Protestants, in others Protestants persecuted Catholics, and in still others Catholics and Protestants persecuted wayward coreligionists.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans and Pilgrims arrived in New England in the early 1600s after suffering religious persecution in England.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the storybook version most of us learned in school, the Pilgrims came to America aboard the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in 1620. The Puritans soon followed, for the same reason.