Farmers and manual laborers were attracted to America by the prospect of higher wages and lower costs of living. "Most of these people were of the 'industrious' sort--craftsmen, yeomen farmers, and small merchants..." (Document A). Since the New World sought these types of laborers to further the economy and lacked a sufficient number of them, the demand increased, and with it the wages. The cost of living was also lower because the New World was virtually unpopulated and there was a low demand for residence as compared with England; subsequently, the costs were lower. According to William Penn, "their labor will be worth more than it is in England and their living will be cheaper." (Document 1).
Religious types, especially the Puritans, were drawn to America by the possibility of converting natives and spreading the message and lifestyle that they upheld to others through example. They hoped for "new souls" to be "won for God." (David Cressy article). By establishing what they considered to be an ideal and pious community, these colonizers wanted to build a new home for Christianity, extended from its confines of the Old World. One man who brought people like this to America through his words was John Winthrop, who said that colonization would carry the benefit of "service to the Lord." (Document 3). Winthrop was a prominent leader of the