Europeans realized the wealth of the New World, the Western Hemisphere in terms of valuable Natural Resources along with the opportunity to gain power by establishing settlements in the New World.
The first Europeans to colonize India were the Portuguese at Goa, followed by the Dutch, French, and finally, the British.
Two major reasons for Europeans to colonize the American continent are freedom and opportunity.
Europeans considered North and South America to be the "New World" when they began to explore and colonize these continents in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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The First European group to colonize Brazil was...The Spanish
Nothing "made Europeans colonize"; it was an active decision that they chose to do. They did this for material resources, labor resources, prestige, strategic positions, and religious evangelism.
They wanted to colonize it.
Spain - Hernan Cortez
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The Europeans respected that America had already colonized that territory and created a viable nation-state there.
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