Question

If we find the country populous and desirous to expel us and injuriously to offend us, that seek but just and lawful traffic, then, by reason that we are loards of navigation and they not so, we are the better able to defend ourselves bye reason of those great rivers and to annoy them in many places...

Question:
Why should England Colonize in the New World?

Answer 1

English promoters claimed that New World colonization offered England many advantages. Not only would it serve as a bulwark against Catholic Spain, but it would also supply England with raw materials and provide a market for finished products. America would also provide a place to send the English poor and ensure that they would contribute to the nation's wealth.