Some were established to gain religious freedom, some were established as commercial ventures. Georgia was a prison colony, at least in part.
Religious freedom , money, and a new life are reasons colonists settled in America .
The official name for the type of people that settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans, but we know them better as the Pilgrims. They left England to gain religious freedom for themselves and their families.
The racial group was the whites, the ethnic group was english men, and the religious groups were Seperatists and Quakers. I have no idea why for the racial and ethnic but for religious was obviously in search of freedom of religion. :)
the pilgrims, religious separatists,arrived in Nov.& settled at Plymouth.They were seeking freedom from religious persecution
Most of them settled in the colonies because of religious freedom
The three colonies settled for religious reasons are Massachusetts (Pilgrims and Puritans seeking religious freedom), Pennsylvania (Quakers seeking religious tolerance), and Maryland (Catholics seeking refuge from persecution).
Massachusets was settled by Puritans. Pennsyvania was settled by Quakers. Rhode Island was settled by Roger Williams who was pesecuted by the Puritans in Massachusets.
they came because they wanted freedom. and they settled in massachusetts.
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Some were established to gain religious freedom, some were established as commercial ventures. Georgia was a prison colony, at least in part.
Massachusetts was settled by puritans looking for religious freedom.
Religious freedom , money, and a new life are reasons colonists settled in America .
Religious Freedom from Church of England
William Penn, the founder, promised religious tolerance and freedom from religious persecution.
for religios freedom
The Northern colonies were initially settled by groups of people from England who left for religious reasons. People also settled in the Northern colonies for economic reasons.