Answer:
to get freedom or if there's a mother to help her child. They also wanted to escape the pain that the owner gave them
Explanation:
English settlers main hope was to gain land in the new world that they could use for farming. This would enable them to make money from selling crops. They would then pass the land to their sons keeping the family prosperous.
There were other settlers that left to escape persecution (mostly religious persecution).
The war lasted from 1775 to 1783, so 8 years
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