Part 1 : How did religious intolerance in Europe influence those people who chose to settle in the New World? Fearing religious persecution, many settlers fled to the New World in hopes of being able to practice their religion freely.

Due to the fact that Protestantism was so widely accepted in Europe, only Catholics were threatened and saw the New World as an opportunity to escape persecution.

Believing they were safe because of wide-spread religious tolerance in Europe, only the poor would be motivated to leave to find new opportunities.

part 2: Aside from religious intolerance, how did economic opportunities influence early settlers?
The cost of owning land in Europe was too high, many people saw the availability of cheap land in the New World as an opportunity they couldn't pass up, in spite of the risks.

The cost of owning land in Europe was too high, but it was not really any better in the New World, so only the wealthy nobles settled in the New World as they had the means to purchase ie.

The cost of owning land in Europe was too high, but the dangers of settling in the New World stopped most people from settling. For this reason, kings had to force settlers to leave.