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While all had different reasons the main cause was economic.

Spain was after gold, religious converts, outpost for adventurers. sugar cane and more gold.

French wanted to compete with Brits and Spanish . Had been fishing off North America since before Columbus but then found fur trade profitable. Were eventually driven out by English.

English wanted to compete with Spain. Also needed a place for dissidents (Pilgrims ), looking for gold but found another form of wealth (tobacco), a place to send condemned folks rather than execute (Britain had about 250 crimes punishable by death at that time) .

All were looking foa a Northwest Passage...shortcut to Orient.

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