For the final project, I have decided to look at the trip of a worker(s) who was on a ship bound from England to the Americas. During the founding of colonies in North America by the English, there were a variety of reasons why a person would leave England for America. Furthermore, not all people were able to pay for the voyage so many had to sign contracts of servetude in order to pay for their passage. In this project I want to look at possible conditions aboard a ship bound for America, possible reasons that people left to the Americas, and the means by which they were able to afford to cross to the Americas (If they paid for it themselves or relied on somebody else to pay).<\/p>\n

I find this topic interesting becuase I enjoy looking at the history of common people and their struggles. I’m also interested in the history of migrations of people as seeing why people would want to leave what is familiar, can be quite interesting. I find these aspects to be intriguing becuase often times when we look at history it is the history of great people or people who have power. It is not very often that we look at the life of those who did not have very much power or money.<\/p>\n

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