The chief motivation for the settling of New England was to challenge Spain. Spain was a hated country in those days.
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The settling of the Jamestown colony in 1607 was based on financial goals, not religious, despite whatever role religious convictions played in the colony's growth and daily life. For the Massachusetts Bay colony, religious expression was the core motivation of the colonists involved, with trade activity and resource-development, also important factors. Two religious groups from England both came to the New World. The Pilgrims came to escape religious persecution. Their soon to be neighbors, the Puritans came to practice what they believed to be the "pure" Protestant religion in England the Anglican Church.
Picking a Southerner would show England that there was widespread commitment to war beyond New England
his motivation to explore was to find new land for Spain
While they were mostly Church of England it was not founded by a religious group or for religious motivations.