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Gold! They wanted to be rich, own more land, and steal the gold from the indian's soil to prove they were superior to everyone so they could do this, and be rich. They already knew the gold was in america because of columbus who found riches in america when he was sailing to India for spices.

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Q: Why did the english want to have settlements in North America?
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