Profit. The 107 men who went to VA were there to find gold and to bring a profit to the compnay. It was never meant to be a colony. That is one reason they didn't plant crops or build in a better location. Both things killed them and within six months only 34 were left alive.
The English wanted to make a profit by finding gold; but they didn't. John Rolfe created a new hybrid of tobacco which flourished in Virginia and that's what made the profit they were looking for.
because there was tobacco and the settlers was taught by the Indians and they shared a big dinner so they shared one place but the settlers betrayed the Indians so now there is no Indians to stop them they created James town since they had no Indians they suffered of the lack of food
The legislature that was formulated in Jamestown identified the reasons the colonists saw for independence from Britain. The high taxes were the main reason they wanted to cut ties with the English government.
because king James wanted gold! Also the settlers wanted gold!
King Phillip of Spain attacked Queen Elizabeth of England because he wanted her to become Catholic. England won and Spain lost there control over the seas. Meanwhile, other countries had more time for exploring. They set up colonies in the Americas. They did this because they heard reports of gold and silver there and they wanted some. The rulers sent colonists out to colonize and told them to send back what they found, this was called mercantilism. Queen Elizabeth told the English to go out and set up colonies. The settled in Jamestown, Virginia and they named the state after there virgin queen.
Well, the French originally wanted to trade, not colonize like the English in North America. While the English where settling colonists in new colonies, the French traded.
Jamestown was chosen because of the climate was similar to Britain.
The English wanted to colonize America because they wanted to take over the resources. By claiming this land they could have the rights to the resources.
we wanted them of the country
The legislature that was formulated in Jamestown identified the reasons the colonists saw for independence from Britain. The high taxes were the main reason they wanted to cut ties with the English government.
because king James wanted gold! Also the settlers wanted gold!
they wanted religious freedom, free land, new king, gold, adventure.
The earliest colonists wanted to live according to their Puritan religious sensibilities. Later colonists were escaping famine or founding plantations, or being forced to work on plantations.
King Phillip of Spain attacked Queen Elizabeth of England because he wanted her to become Catholic. England won and Spain lost there control over the seas. Meanwhile, other countries had more time for exploring. They set up colonies in the Americas. They did this because they heard reports of gold and silver there and they wanted some. The rulers sent colonists out to colonize and told them to send back what they found, this was called mercantilism. Queen Elizabeth told the English to go out and set up colonies. The settled in Jamestown, Virginia and they named the state after there virgin queen.
The colonists from England came to Jamestown because they wanted to find gold or silver. There was abundant resources of tobacco. Another thing is to start a new life in the New World.
The Americans wanted to colonize the Philippines because they have a deal or the treaty of Paris with the Japanese who sell the country to them
because they wanted too!
To fully control the source of river Nile
they wanted beaver pellets, which were very profitable. They also wanted more land and to compete with Britain in the race to colonize the New World