Some of the earliest English colonists were younger sons of aristocratic families. Their motives to come to America often included:
a. hoping to found a New World version of England where they could live as feudal noblemen
b. searching for a haven of religious freedom in order to begin their lives anew
c. setting up a commercial colony that would allow those with titles to earn major profits
d. converting heathen Indians to Christianity
A
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