Back to Colonial Home Why did the English come to America?
  Two of the reasons are because of the rules in England like the oldest brother or religion. In European countries, they preferred the oldest son. Lets just say, the parents have 3 sons. They are each a year or more apart. The oldest son gets a lot or all of the land when the 2 younger sons get little or none. The younger sons will probably move to America to get land. The religious part is that in some countries, they make you believe in a religion and if you don't really believe in it, you could move to America to believe in your own religion.