History 2301E Lecture : Settling America and the Impacts of Colonists on America

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The competition for an empire had a major impact on the way that. Europeans tried to colonize as much land as they possibly could as fast as. Material wealth from the colonies could be shipped back to the mother country and sold within the nation itself or to other countries for a huge profit. Money is power, therefore the more colonies you have, the more goods you can import and export for profit equals a greater amount of global power. For example, being able to import goods such as gold, wheat, tobacco and other agricultural products not found in europe can make the crown a great deal of money. At first, the native peoples could be quite useful for the. Europeans to learn the ways of the land and about the different resources that were available. However, greed and the need for power became far more important. Expansion of european colonies came at the expense of the natives, and.

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