SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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It is a large farm used to grow a cash crop to sell for money
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It is a land ruled by another country
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it is a religious settlement
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it is an area of land on or near the border between countries, settlements, or regions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nationalism, a strong sense of pride in one’s nation, resulted in competition between European nations. No major nation wanted to be without colonies, which led to this “Scramble for Africa”. The competition was particularly fierce between Great Britain, France, and Germany, the strongest European nations in the 1800s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many European nations exhibited a growing interest in colonies as sources of raw materials and new markets and as potential outlets for excess population and for administrators who could not be accommodated at home. Opportunities for individual adventurism and profit also ran high.
Detailed explanation-3: -Resources like coal, iron, and rubber were in high demand. Some nations did not have enough raw materials to support their industrialization and looked to other lands to find them. Expanding outside of its borders also allowed a country to enter foreign markets for the purpose of selling industrial goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the early to mid-seventeenth century, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were all competing for colonies and trade around the world.