COMING TO AMERICA
DANGERS -SHIP WRECKS -DISEASE -STARVATION -ATTACKS BY NATIVES -WILD ANIMALS -FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
MOTIVATING FORCES RELIGION (Personal) MONEY (Personal) EMPIRE (National)
Who Came to the New World? Those who chose to come to the New World were people with courage, who wanted a better life for themselves and their families. Most came from the middle class - shopkeepers, artisans, craftsmen, weavers, tailors, shoemakers, blacksmiths, and bakers. Unfortunately, most of these people knew very little about farming. Criminals, given the choice of death or immigration chose immigration.
ROANOKE ISLAND The Lost Colony Founded for economic reasons by the English. 1st permanent English settlement
JAMESTOWN LOCATION
Massachusetts Bay Colony
SETTLED BY PURITANS
PLYMOUTH settled by separatists from the Church of England to avoid persecution
STARTING PLYMOUTH COLONY
The Mayflower
PENNSYLVANIA settled by Quakers in search of religious freedom
GEORGIA settled by debtors from prisons in England