Answer:
Puritans
They founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a commercial endeavor with the support of the Massachusetts Bay Company in England.
Explanation:
They were not protected by the government
I would say 30,000 cause all the next developments were from the 1860's forward and that is when huge growth happened, after 1860.
They were well equiped yet poorly trained
Sicily is the where the first Punic War was fought.