[livi_lovey]

The question is:
The two driving forces behind European colonization of the new world were religious freedom and monetary gain. Describe those two forces and how they shaped the early colonies.

Now, does anybody know what I can search and/or what book I could read that would help me with this?

[MrJohnDClare]

This ppt deals with the US syllabus in a very simple and straighforward way, contrasting Plymouth (religious freedom) with Jamestown (economic opportuity).

Religious freedom is an obvious reference to the Pilgrim Fathers - try this website.
This site deals in more detail with the 'economic gain' side of things.

Do you want to widen the scope? Another example of religious pioneers seeking religious freedom would be the Mormons, whereas Cortes, the Caribbean sugar plantations, the whole of the southern states tobacco and cotton plantations, as well as the cattle ranchers of the Wild West are examples of colonialisation for monetary gain.
It is not difficult to see which was the more important factor - although the tebooks make a big deal of it, religious freedom was a factor which influenced only small specific groups of certainly-minded people.

Note also that your scheme of work ignores another major factor in colonisation - state conquest.