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Why do Europeans begin to pursue colonization around 1500?

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Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
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The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World

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The Virginia Company of London established the Jamestown colony to make a profit for its investors. Europe's period of exploration and colonization was fueled largely by necessity

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