It also pays to bear in mind that the original English settlers in Jamestown left England with the express purpose of settling the colony of America. The pilgrim fathers simply couldn’t get on with the other 99.99% of England and tried Holland, couldn’t get on there either and headed for America.
Wasn’t the original destination for the Pilgrims the Virginia area, but were blown off course towards Cape Cod? Seems I’m remembering that bit from an “educational” movie I watched decades ago.
The Jamestown settlers came to Virginia for two reasons, gold and a route to the west. The Pilgrims came for religious reasons. They were heading for Virginia, but they ended up in Massachusetts. Interestingly enough the spot where they settled was discovered in 1614 by John Smith (from Jamestown).