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Some even migrated as far as South Africa, while other Huguenot families began the journey to cross the Atlantic to the newly open Americas. All totaled, it is estimated that more than 160,000 Huguenots escaped from France. In America, the Huguenots used their skills, energy and ingenuity to help colonize the Eastern seaboard.
At the time the wars started, the Huguenots constituted just 7% of the population of France. But by a geographical accident, they found themselves strategically placed for a battle that was really as much of a political battle as a religious battle.