HIS250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: New England Colonies, Opchanacanough, Indentured Servant
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In the 16th century, england and spain become enemies, therefore the competition for the colonies occurred and england didn"t want spain to achieve more settlements. Religion: catholics and protestants were attempting to convert them to their religion, and england wanted to get in on this too, there are groups of people that were not welcome and for the english this was the. Puritans; so the puritans left england in hopes of being allowed to practice their religion more freely and not be persecuted. Economics: antwerp market collapsed which led to the english to look for new revenue and new markets, therefore england came to the new world to find new revenue and trade etc. Grew by 2 million people in england and whales: therefore a lot of people moved and set up somewhere else in hopes of creating a better life. *the english crown lacked financial resources to create a new colony.
