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The first settlers went to North America in (1) to escape from the many controls which they had lived (2) in European societies. These controls were created (3) the kings, the aristocracy, the church and governments which had power in European countries. Their power was in various (4) used to control and limit the (5) of ordinary people. In Europe, the land was mostly (6) by the aristocracy - rich families who had built up their wealth (7) generations - and the church. The church (8) the way people could live and think, and kings used their (9) to rule and tax the people as they wished.

So many ordinary people decided to (10) a better life 3000 miles across the sea in America. Many succeeded in finding what they looked (11), but they did not forget the reasons why they had left Europe. People went to America for many (12), but probably the (13) important was the dream of freedom. The idea, and the word, "freedom" has a very special meaning for Americans, and more than (14) else it expresses the most important of American values.