To seek greater economic opportunities and some to search of religious freedom
A. Ancient daggers could be found in the tombs of important people from ancient Egypt.
Broadly speaking, Mercantilism was very good for European countries for a while but terrible for their colonies.
Mercantilism made people in the Old World VERY rich and this made the Colonists angry.
As a result, the colonists started to push back and eventually rebelled.
