SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Easy transportation routes for people and goods
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fertile farmland
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for the mild climate
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beauty of the waterways
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historically, societies have always located near water, due partly to the fact that water enables more efficient travel compared to going over land. Waterways are critically important to the transportation of people and goods throughout the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main reasons for the colonization of the Americas are political, economic, religious, and social.
Detailed explanation-3: -The colonial trade route connected the British Empire and Europe, North American colonies, and the trading alliances in Africa, also known as the Transatlantic Trade Route. An example of the colonial trade routes sequence was: New England colonies sent rum and other goods to Africa or Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World. The Virginia Company of London established the Jamestown colony to make a profit for its investors. Europe’s period of exploration and colonization was fueled largely by necessity.
Detailed explanation-5: -The motivations were the desire for riches, the hope of freedom of religion or freedom from imprisonment, debt or slavery. All of these people and these reasons contributed to the Americas early settlement.