The main reason for English settlement

Most colonists had faced difficult lives in Britain, Ireland, Scotland, or Germany. They came to the Americas to escape poverty, warfare, political turmoil, famine and disease. They believed colonial life offered new opportunities.

Explanation:

the event is known to be the soviet union.

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.