Well, many colonists on the mayflower for example, left England to escape religious persecution. They settled in Plymouth but in Jamestown and other settlements, the settlers may still have had some hostility against the Plymouth colonists. I think most of the rivalry among European nations in the new world was mostly over land, money, trade, and who gets what.
He is venturing out trying new things which most teens do. I am not sure if he’s sexually active, but I know he is interested in a lot of new things. I would not fully say he has not done anything wrong, all I can say is he is just curious.