Final answer:
England, France, and the Netherlands founded colonies in North America with goals including economic gain, religious freedom, and the fur trade.
Step-by-step explanation:
Three countries that established colonies in North America were England, France, and the Netherlands. England primarily sought economic gain and religious freedom. The Virginia Company of London founded Jamestown for profit, while Puritans founded Plymouth to freely practice their religion.
France, beginning with Jacques Cartier's claim of Canada for King Francis I, aimed to profit from the trade in animal hides and furs, establishing settlements in Maine, Newfoundland, and Louisiana as well. The goals of the Dutch were similar, focused on the fur trade as well as farming, with colonies in present-day New York and New Jersey, ceded to England in 1664.