Answer:
i think its C if not the D
Explanation:
The reason why people, specifically Puritans, left England to go to America in the 1600s was because of religious persecution of their belief, their belief being the simplified version of the religion hosted by the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth.
The first European settlement was established by Christopher Columbus and his men: on Hispaniola (today's Haiti): La Navidad, in 1492.
It was abandoned next year, but other settlements on Hispaniola took over (and they were earlier than the other options).