<span> Many </span>immigrants came<span> to </span>America<span> seeking greater economic opportunity, while some, such as the Pilgrims in the early 1600s, arrived in search of religious freedom.</span>
France lost thousands of its countrymen in the form of emigrants who wished to escape political tensions and save their lives
The Renaissance is most closely associated with Italy, where it began in the 14th<span>century, though countries such as Germany, England and France went through many of the same cultural changes and phenomena.</span>
Anthony Johnson first arrived in Virginia in 1621
