Aside from the right to religious freedom (which, though often stereotyped, was indeed a driving factor for many when religion was so controversial in England at the time), there was also the prospect of becoming the New World version of a landed noble. Though the Plymouth colony was founded by Puritans and tended to have that sort of reputation, the Virginia Colony had much more crown involvement and was open to far many more people. Many of those that ended up in Virginia were loyal Englishmen in comparison to the more independent-willed Puritans, and as such those in Virginia sought to emulate English society. And of course, as England still had feudal relations at this time, emulating English society meant large landed estates with either indentured servants or, as time went on, slaves. The prospect of anyone, even the lowliest beggar, being able to go across the world to have a new start and potentially become an aristocrat, was very enticing to many who were effectively locked in the lower or middle class back in England.