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For the most part...the English colonies in North America were business ventures. they provided an outlet for England's surplus population and (some cases) more religious freedom than England did, but their primary purpose was to make money for their sponsors.  

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The purpose of the 13 colonies was to  provided an outlet for England's surplus population and (in some cases) more religious freedom than England did, but their primary purpose was to make money for their sponsors.