Question 73
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The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.
Early colonists sailed to America seeking better lives: many of them wanted freedom and political liberty to govern themselves without European tyrants. Religious freedom drew Pilgrims and Puritans escaping Church of England persecution, while others tried to find economic opportunity through land ownership and trade. Some Europeans tried to escape religious wars, poverty, and oppression.
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