What 3 reasions why people /colonist made the voyage to north america?

1.) Overpopulation: Where they were coming from was extremely crowded, whereas America was a new and vast country.

2.) Religious persecution: The mistreatment of people based on religious beliefs. People coming to America wanted religious freedom.

3.) Poverty: This means being extremely poor. Being poor can result in lack of food, shelter, clothing etc. In America there were new job opportunities and such people could get a new start with a job that may have paid at least a little more. Therefore, they could live a little better.

Communicating with the dead was common, it wasn’t seen as bizarre or weird,” explains murch. “it’s hard to imagine that now, we look at that and think, ‘why are you opening the gates of hell? ’