Read this excerpt describing the founding of the colonies in New Englad.

This is never to be forgotten, that New England is originally a plantation of Religion, not a plantation of Trade. Let merchants . . . remember this. . . . that worldly gain was not the end and design of the people of New England, but Religion.

–"The Cause of God and His People in New England,”
John Higginson, 1662

According to John Higginson, the settlement patterns of New England were motivated primarily by

A)diplomacy.
B)economics.
C)religion.
D)greed.