Why Did People Migrate to the Colonies

People migrated to the colonies for a number of reasons; especially oppurtunity. These reasons include push and pull factors; both counter-balanced by intervening obstacles. The push factors that repelled the migrants from Europe to the colonies; and the pull factors that attracted them to America consist of the following.
The industrial revolution and economic opportunity were two primary reasons for migrating to America.
The industrial revolution was created when the steam engine was discovered. Many factory owners could now build machines that did much of the previously manual work automatically.
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