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Why did people leave Britain?
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The
British
Civil
War
resulted in increased conflict between
religious
groups in Britain.
In Britain there were high levels of
unemployment
and low
wages
for farmers.
Failed
harvests
in Britain caused starvation and famine.
Between 1607-1783 around
250,000
Britons migrated to North America.
Plantations
in North America gave Britons the opportunity to get
rich.
North American seas were stocked with profitable
cod.
There was no
tax
on tobacco or sugar in North America so it could be sold at
higher
prices back home.
Christian groups [
Puritans
, Quakers and
Catholics
] had suffered persecution in Britain.
Failure to attend Anglican services was punishable by
death.
In North America there was religious
freedom.
Some religious groups migrated in other to convert the Indigenous people to
Christianity.
Britain needed more land to grow
crops
and raise
livestock.
Many Britons wanted to escape
poverty
and overcrowding.
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