Through the English economic system of mercantilism - colonies providing the mother country with wealth.
Scotland
Colonies were generally forbidden to trade with countries other than their "mother" country. English colonies traded only with England; Dutch colonies traded only with Holland; Spanish colonies traded only with Spain.
From the beginning of his reign, Charles II had felt it necessary, to regulate colonial trade. To create economic unity within the empire, he reenacted a law that excluded foreign vessels from trading with English colonies. This sort of regulation is called a navigation act. It was designed to make the colonies and parent country dependent on each other, without foreign interference.
It is because of something called mercantalism. Mercantalism was where raw materials were sold to the mother country rather cheaply. The mother country would manufacture goods from this material and sell it back to the colonies at a greater price than the cost of the material bought. Although, this also occurred with British colonies.
French and Spain
The English colonies
The navigation act, was designed to make the colonies and the parent country (England) dependent on each other, without foreign interference. By doing this, England would exclude foreign vessels from trading with the English Colonies.
It is the father country of the language, which then was spread to its colonies.
The same reason the UK is not the only English-speaking country: colonies, colonies, COLONIES!!!
Through the English economic system of mercantilism - colonies providing the mother country with wealth.
Scotland
Colonies were generally forbidden to trade with countries other than their "mother" country. English colonies traded only with England; Dutch colonies traded only with Holland; Spanish colonies traded only with Spain.
France. It was called Louisiana after their king Louis XIV.
Scotland
The southern colonies had a form of self-government where everything was voted on. There were a lot of democrats in the back country. The English kingalways had the final say.
They were the first colonies actually succeeded in establishment.