There were many things that drove people to settle in the American colonies. England was going through a time where the money was short thanks to the high cost of many wars. Food was becoming scarce and land even more so. The demand for wool was so high that peo0ple were converting farming fields into fields to raise sheep, the result of this was that there was not enough land for growing food. These were just some of the reasons to migrate to America but the two biggest reasons for colonization to early America were religion and politics. In the 16th and 17th century during colonization the two went together like puzzle pieces. The political and religious tensions in influence early colonist by driving them to practice whatever religion or
