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the East Coast were growing fast. The population had already crossed one million… and it was rising quickly toward two million. Settlements stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Appalachian Mountains. So why were so many people risking everything to come here? The answer is simple — opportunity. The opportunity to own land… to find work… to worship freely… and to escape the past. For many, America wasn’t just a place… it was hope. Most of these colonists were ordinary people — far