The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution. The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrived in 1620. In both Virginia and Massachusetts, the colonists flourished with some assistance from Native Americans.
Islam has influenced Cardoba and West Africa in the east to Indonesia in the West so it's not easy to give a brief answer since the details are specific to social/cultural/economic context of local environs.
