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And who were the people who revolted? (In the American Revolution) The second group were those immigrants who due to wars and or unhappiness at home had packed up and left with the hopes for a better future and riches in the Americas, many of them had some wealth and planned to keep in contact with their father or mother land. Within this group belonged the cavaliers, who after King Charles's beheading on January 30th 1649, had to put up (or get out) with Oliver Cromwell's government. At this time 40 - 50,000 well educated, wealthy aristocratic English families moved to North America and settled in the South.
1585 The second group of settlers also included those who started the first Raonoka settlement on the coast of North Carolina, however in 1586 some of these settlers caught a ride back to England aboard Sir Francis Drake's ships.
1607 Colonists of the London Company arrived in America. They settled at the Chesapeake River and named the land Virginia. They established Jamestown. These Englishmen came to find riches. Just like the Spanish they too wanted gold and wealth. These Englishmen had no luck. They had not brought their women with them. The story of Capt. John Smith who was saved by Pocahontas has been preserved in books and on celluloid. As we know that the Indians introduced the settlers to tobacco. Which in return in later years became big business.
1609 Henry Hudson, an English explorer employed by a Dutch company settled Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York City).
-1776 It is also estimated that approximately 150,000 Scotch Irish
migrated to the colonies before the revolution. A second large body about 100,000 came
from Germany. A few might have come for religious reasons, most however came for the
fertile land and a better future. These two groups settled in Pennsylvania. 1681 Penn, a modest Quaker, was awarded a charter making him the sole proprietor of an area called Penn's forests (Pennsylvania). Penn promoted his colony aggressively throughout Europe. He attracted immigrants from many countries including England, Germany, Ireland and naturally Quakers (a radical religious group, formerly known as the Society of Friends which believes in the "inner light".)
1685 Protestants in France lost their guarantee of religious freedom as King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thus spurred many French to leave at once for America.
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