Why did colonists come to America

Why would people travel to a continent that was newly discovered? They knew very little about the land and less about the people already living here. Europeans came for multiple reasons. They came for money, freedom of religion, to go back to “the good old days,” adventure, marriage and some were even forced. No matter how they got here they all had to adapt to a new way of life, and unfortunately that cost a …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 686 total…Europeans killed 400 women and children Pequots by attacking an unguarded village. People arrived in the colonies for many reasons and reacted to the land in as many ways. There was no true American concept throughout these early settlement periods; people considered themselves to be tied, only, to the settlement they lived in. However, America is truly a multi-cultural society today. I think the dollar bill says it best, “e pluribus unum,” one nation from many.