Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America

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Colonial America

• Why did Europeans establish colonies in North
  America?

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Reason for colonizing

• Religious
• Economic

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Breakdown of Colonies

• The colonies and their specific reasons for being
  established.

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Economic Colonies

• Roanoke Island (Lost colony)
• Jamestown Settlement (1607) first permanent
  settlement.
• Georgia Settled by colonists bound for debtors
  prison who hoped to experience a new life in the
  New World.

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Religious Colonies

• Plymouth colony settled by separatists of the
  church of England escaping religious persecution.
• Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the
  Puritans for the same reason.
• Pennsylvania settled by the Quakers.