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Why did many settlers come to the New England colonies?

to find religious freedom

to work in the shipbuilding industries

to establish towns with governments

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Answer:

The New England colonies were founded to escape religious persecution in England. ... The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming.

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Answer:

to establish towns with governments

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