What were the factors that lead to the founding of 13 Colonies?

Answer 1

I am confused by the question. As stated, the question could be interpreted as "Why did the American Colonies break away from Great Britain," or "Why were the American Colonies established?"

As the latter question is less complex, I'll answer it. If that's not what you're asking about, try being more specific.

All of the British colonies in America were business ventures. In fact, all the colonies in the New World were business ventures. Transportation and provisions for traveling to and settling in a new land cost money.

The heads of of the various states, including the United Kingdom, sanctioned colonization, but did not finance it. The venture capital was provided by individuals and partnerships who expected a return on their investments.

Fortunes were built, and fortunes were lost. It was a risky business. When it was profitable, it was very lucrative. The Dutch and Portugese colonies in the West Indies and South America are good examples. The sugar plantations there built enormous wealth.

American colonies weren't as profitable as those examples, but some returned a good deal of profit to investors. Virginia, the first successful British colony in North America, was very profitable, and that success guaranteed further colonization. Virginia exported natural resources back to England for sale, mostly furs, fish, and other game.

Venture capital for ships and supplies was just one thing needed for colonization. People who would pull up stakes and settle in the colonies were required too. The men and women who came to the American colonies came for a variety of reasons. Few of them were comfortable and happy at home. Though some came simply for the adventure, most came for the opportunity to pay off debts, own land, and possibly grow rich and powerful. Some came to practice religion as they saw fit.

I try not to use the term "religious freedom," because even in those colonies which were settled by people seeking to practice their own style of religion, they weren't all tolerant of anyone else's religion. The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were a prime example.

The Puritans originally sought to "purify" the Church of England, not separate from it. They were not only unsuccessful, but they fell out of favor politically. Some of them left for the Netherlands, and eventually settled in North America. It was against the law in their colony to practice any religion other than their brand of Anglicism. Punishments for being a Quaker or Baptist included mutilation and death by stoning.

The Rhode Island colony promised universal religious tolerance, and was the first to do so. William Penn led the settlement of Pennsylvania with a group of Quakers, and also promised complete freedom of religion.

Even though the purpose of those who came and lived here might have been different, the colony would not have existed without the backing of capitalists who expected a return on investment. Money was the reason.

Answer 2

Only one - England's debetor's prisons were packed litterally "to the gills" and they needed more space. They bundled up all the criminals in England and put them on ships to America and Australlia. So when 200 years later we had a "Mayflower Madame" in NYC that was just genetic heritage coming out.

Answer 3

Freedom of religion