New World Colonization

Once Europe discovered the new world the countries in Europe wanted to explore it for their own reasons. The European empires all had different plans for the new world and some worked out some didn't. The Spanish wanted gold and silver, and led conquistadors through the new world plundering and pillaging everything to get it. The English wanted to sent colonies to the new world and claim it for the king as fast as possible. Indians didn't want to give up their land so the English had to take it by force. The French wanted to trade with Native Americans so they could get furs to sell back in Europe. Soon after the English started colonizing the new world Indians tried to keep settlers from taking their land. A majority of Indians that came in contact with European colonists or traders died from diseases the English built up an immunity to. The main reason why England started colonizing the new world quickly was because the more land a country had the larger and more powerful it was, even if it meant enslaving and killing the people living on that land. Europe also used the discovery of the new world as an excuse to remove the religious groups that opposed England's church. England's fast and domination approach to the new world allowed them to take over most of it, but France and Spain also had opportunities in the new world.