Who was the first person to immigrate to America? What is the reason?

1606, the Virginia Company in London was chartered by the British King, and was allowed to colonize the North American continent between 34 degrees north latitude and 4/kloc-0 degrees north latitude. 1607, the company's three large ships carried 120 colonists to the mouth of the James River and established Jamestown Colony, which was the first permanent British colony in North America and later developed into a Virginia colony.