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why did so many English people want to move to north america?…
why did so many English people want to move to north america?
punishment
prisoners sent to america
1788-1868, roughly 52k convicts
10% of colonists were convicts
normally sent for 7-14 years
some people who committed harsh crimes were offered the choice to go to america as colonists or die.
some chose to die because they might no make it a death at sea was worse
no one knows you died so you won'tbe remembered
drowning or being killed a a sea creature was a bad way to die
don't know what is in america and can be bad
relegion
protetant
king (-----) made a threat in (-----) (give example on sheet)
settled in netherlands
somemoved to america to try and colonize
land/resources
in the majority of colonies, the engish want the land and started to take it bit by bit
roanoke
jamestown
new plymouth
the natives had resoruces
maize
todacco
new animals and fish