why did so many English people want to move to north america?

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punishment

relegion

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

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don't know what is in america and can be bad

land/resources

protetant

king (-----) made a threat in (-----) (give example on sheet)

settled in netherlands

somemoved to america to try and colonize

in the majority of colonies, the engish want the land and started to take it bit by bit

roanoke

the natives had resoruces

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maize

todacco

new animals and fish

jamestown

new plymouth