SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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new start debtors
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freedom of religion
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offered cheap land
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The motivations were the desire for riches, the hope of freedom of religion or freedom from imprisonment, debt or slavery. All of these people and these reasons contributed to the Americas early settlement.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of the early colonies were founded because people were seeking religious freedom-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Maryland all had those roots.
Detailed explanation-4: -The story of religion in America’s original 13 colonies often focuses on Puritans, Quakers and other Protestants fleeing persecution in Europe, looking to build a community of like-minded believers.