How Did English Settle In America

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English Motivation to Settle in America English people settled in American between 1500s and 1600s to locate lands and build the colony in the New World. The priorities were to find available resources, build the colony for its country, and establish trade with Native Americans. But the Spanish intended to drive the English off the New World in order to remove Queen Elizabeth off the throne; English had several reasons to settle in America, one of the reasons was economy because of the new colonization to the New World indicated the best plantation for settling. English people settled in North America to established new economy in the New World and began economic competition to other countries. English were not the richest colony on Earth …show more content…

In Richard Hakluyt’s tasks to establish the colony in 1584, he was concerned about the English trades will be compromised by Spanish and goods got stolen, so the colony will not grow to oppose Spanish invasion. The discussion would be English were weak in terms of English needed to find better Western plantation to settle without compromising themselves from hostiles. Strategy for surviving the New World is apparently a more difficult task because of regaining the land was never easy and requires colonists’ effort to bring the colony to new civilization. According to the article “Instructions Given By the Way of Advice”, Virginia Company of London informs Captain and Company of Jamestown to assigned his men to explore the river for sources and establish trades without attack the Natives, the Captain told the settlers, “if you can eschew [Indians]; and employ some of few of your company to trade with [Native Americans] for corn and all other lasting victuals if [they] have any.” (qtd in “Instructions Given by Way of Advice” by Virginia Company of London, National Humanities Center). The Captains wanted the servants to locate the lands for settlement; however, settlers can make trades with Native Americans if able to for more supplies for the

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