Reasons for Colinization of the New World

The European empires set out to discover the New World because they saw opportunity. The leaders of Europe saw opportunities to make money. The world has been driven by money for hundreds of years. Another main reason that the Europeans came was because of religious freedom. King Henry came to America because the Catholic Church would not give him a divorce from his wife. King Henry had many kids with many different women trying to have a boy. The custom was for the son of the King to take over the kingdom. Henry named his new church The Anglican Church. Many followers came over with King Henry. The rules weren't as strict as the Catholic Church. Most European settlers saw the opportunity for entrepreneurship. Each country had different reasons for coming to the New World. Most were for trading, trying to find new trade routes. Others were for religious freedom. Some were for freedom in general. A lot of people didn't want to have a ruler who has cruel and didn't care about their well being. There was a sense of wanting better for yourself and your family back in that time. So in general there were several different reasons for people coming to the New World. Without the explorers the world would not be the same today. Everyone in that time period thought that the world was flat and the explorers thought they would fall off of the Earth. The Puritans came over because they believed the Catholic Church was corrupt. Priests were selling indulgences for paying customers sins. Other groups came over to settle land. The land in their home country was already taken or owned by someone else so they came over to have their own land because land meant power.