Which of these is a major reason colonists came to massachusetts bay?

colonial america has great farmland.
colonial america offers religious freedom.
the american colonies are rich with resources, such as gold.
the american colonies offer a second chance for prisoners.

The statement that states a major reason why colonists came to Massachusetts Bay is Colonial America offered religious freedom. There was a continuous exodus of Puritans from England emigrating to Massachusetts and other neighboring colonies. They were expelled by repressive religious policies in England, so the colonists were seeking religious freedom.

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.

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