Indentured Servants. These were people who worked for a certain number of years to pay for their voyage to America.
        
             
        
        
        
<span>Sharecropping is a risky venture for both the sharecropper and the farmer. Just to be clear, the large farmer leases some of his land on speculation to a smaller farmer in return for part of the potential profits after harvest. If it's a good crop, both do OK. If there's a crop failure, or the market is down come autumn, both are SOL. The sharecropper's farm was small enough that he couldn't possibly get rich, unless some miracle happened in the market, but he had all to lose. And farming has never been easy work.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
I believe it was either getting Spain to let go of panama or all the worker dying because of the all the diseases
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The first reason was for religious freedom, something which was rare back in England as all people had to belong to the Church of England. Secondly, the English decided to move to America was because of the desire for gold, wealth and other riches. Lastly, the desire for land ownership was greatly desired.