They got there but it was a long voyage.
They were more interested in colonizing Greenland.
They probably did not want to settle there, with all the people arriving, and the struggling government. They probably werent even thinking about America at the time.
They did set up colonies in Greenland and were on the North American continent. I don't think they had any contact with Native Americans. Nat Geo reports archaeologists have found a second Viking site in Newfoundland . This site has a stone hearth for iron working, and are working to identify who exactly made it.
The agreed upon answer is that the natives were too fierce, and the environment was too difficult for the vikings. They were in constant conflict with the Skraelings and I think there were harsh winters(could be wrong about that part). Either way, it was difficult and long to bring vikings over and when they got there they had to gather food and fight an increasingly hostile native population. Not that easy or appetizing.
They did !
Not enough man power, not enough resources, didn't have the best available technology.
Germany didn't try to colonize France, Germany succeeded in colonizing France in 1940 after the French government surrendered to Germany.
it was ethipia
He searched for new lands to colonize.
they would try to kill them
Dominate a weaker country and create an empire.
The primary desire from France, which colonized Laos, was to try to colonize Siam, which fizzled out. However, they maintained control from a position of pride in the French colonial endeavor.