There were many motives behind the British establishing a colony in North America. Some of the motives are to find gold, silver, and copper. Others were to strengthen the British economy, discover new crops, spread religion and to bring fame and fortune to England. The British Empire became stronger with their success.
The British colony wanted to find more gold, silver, and copper. They thought North America would be plentiful with these minerals. However, when they got there they were not successful in finding any of the minerals they were hoping to find. The colonists were unable to find these minerals close to the coast were they settled. As time moved on the