Why Did The English Settle In North America?

[chicken_boil]

List the main reasons.

[JimF]

People from pretty much every European country settled in America, not to mention Asians and Africans. New land.

[alavahalf]

Multiple McDonalds outlets ?

[andy-hughes]

If you want help with your homework, it's polite to ask nicely - courtesy is free and goes a long way with people whose help you need.

[aelmpvw]

after two months at sea they would have probably settled for any land that they came to . . .

[douglas9401]

Because it was there.

Imagine their surprise finding a thing called Plymouth Rock, must have felt like fate.

[alavahalf]

In all honesty, I am with ael .. it was a case of
... 'any port in a storm'.

[pastafreak]

They were there well before Plymouth...but you knew that...right?

[woofgang]

Drive in movies and excellent doughnuts

[douglas9401]

Leave it to a colonial to analyse the joke. :-)

[mushroom25]

[Hopkirk]

They were hoping for a better life

[tiggerblue10]

To escape religious persecution and the C of E.

[pastafreak]

douglas...can't help ma self... ;)

[jno]

the first settlement that lasted was Jamestown

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/vacities/7jamestown.html

[bookbinder]

The English settled in North America mainly because they wanted freedom to worship as they chose.

[pastafreak]

If anyone is curious...

https://www.mayflower400uk.org

https://theconversation.com/mayflower-400-were-the-pilgrims-asylum-seekers-or-subversives-144163