reasons. It could be said that there was a confounding of variables, and not one main factor

for English success could be determined.. However in every society there must be at least two

things to make the colony thrive, growing population and trade.. The primary factor in

making the English the dominant power in America by 1763 is simply because the English

established a growing population and secure trade of a profitable and renewable resource

The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was no doubt the first explorer to discover

the new world. However he didn t venture out in order to take up residence in a foreign land,

but more or less was in search of riches. Furthermore, what Columbus discovered was not

North America where the English colonist settled, but South America. The same went for the

Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who in 1519 went to Mexico in search of nothing but

gold. The monarchy gave the conquistadors permission openly loot and raid towns and

villages; as long as they received a portion of the takings. However after all the plundering

took place the Spaniards worked the Indians in the silver mine

fishermen's steel knives and copper kettles among other things, and the fishermen saw the

and soon after it became a major cash crop in the region. This boom in tobacco

farming, the Virginia Company s persistence and advice is a major contributing

over seeking what the Spanish had found earlier, gold. Investors in England

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