What was the main motivation that brought so many Scots-Irish to America in the 1700s?
a. They came to practice Catholicism freely, something they could not do in Ireland.
b. They came in search of freedom and prosperity, two things they lacked in Ireland.
c. They came to work as indentured servants in the New World.
d. Their main goal was to form new Presbyterian congregations in America.
e. They came to earn money in America and planned to return to Scotland.
B
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