This is up to debate, but based on history it was first discovered by the Spanish but the first to colonize was the British.
Countries establish colonies so people don't "own" them. If anyone felt like they were the owner it would be the King of that country. Colonies are extensions of that country.
germany
Spain, Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean.
Sir Walter Raleigh argued that England should establish colonies in the New World. He believed that establishing colonies would bring wealth and power to England.
James Monroe
Sir Walter Raleigh argued that England should establish colonies in the New World. He was a prominent figure in the early efforts to colonize North America and was involved in establishing the Roanoke Colony.
The Portuguese established colonies in Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and several other territories in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
In 1542 Spain made it illegal to enslave Native Americans. This was Spain's way of trying to change it's American colonies.
england
They called them Tories and loyalists because they sided with Britain, the country that was very harsh and jerk-like to the colonies.
The constitution was a set of ethical codes that the founding fathers wanted to create to protect the citizens, and the colonies. They wrote the laws not to establish justice, but as a way to define what rights citizens in the country were entitled to .
Great Britain -- as the name suggests, this war was a revolution against British rule of the American colonies.