Question

Which statement is best described by the phrases in the box below?

• religious intolerance
• high rents on land
• scarcity of resources
A.
reasons the Puritans returned to England
B.
reasons English settlers came to colonies in America
C.
reasons Spanish colonies in America were abandoned
D.
reasons the colonists in America created a national religion

Answer 1

B. These are push factors (religious persecution and economic pressures like high rents and scarce resources) that motivated English settlers to leave England and move to colonies in America.