What brought people to leave their lives in Europe and come to the New World were push and pull factors. A push factor is something that causes someone to want to leave an area, and a pull factor is something that draws someone to a specific place. In the case of people leaving Europe to go to the New World, these factors were money, religious freedom, and land. In Europe, not many people were wealthy, in fact, 50% of the population in England were below the poverty line - and even fewer of them really had much control of their occupational or financial status, which actually added to the limitations of their freedom, because “only those that control their labor are truly free.” After all, if there is someone above one in rank in the social ladder telling one what to do and when to do it just so that person can make enough money to live, that person does not have true freedom. And if “economic dependence is a form of servitude,” then he or she is shackled by their occupation, slaves to their work because they need the money to make a living. However, in the New World, there was ‘infinite’ opportunity to make money, and more than that, to be one’s own boss. People in Europe saw the opportunity for profits in hunting, farming, fishing, trading, etc. But they also saw the opportunity to work on their own …show more content…
Europe, especially England, had zero tolerance when it came to religion. This was due to the fact that Church and State were intertwined in England; there was no separation between church and state. King Henry VIII was not only the head of England, but also the head of the Church of England – the official religion of the country. Due to this, criticizing the Church of England was not only considered heresy, but it was also treason – a capital offense. No one in England was really free to practice their own religion because they had to worship the Church