The motives for expansion and colonization of the New World depends on who you look at. England, Spain, Portugal, private companies, and disgruntle groups mostly Religious organizes, all had similar but also individual motives for colonizing the new world. Spain, Portugal and England all desired new and unclaimed land for the natural resource and precious metals. Although England had no real desire to expand its empire into the new world till Spain and France threated English colonizes by expanding their claim to land in the Central America and what is now Canada. Private English companies like the Virginia Company where given the opportunity to harvest the resources for private gain, so long as the goods benefited England. Religious groups in England and Europe who grow tired of the oppression of their desire to practice religion, looked to the new world as an opportunity to start a new. The European nations shared 2 common similarities, one the desire to bring the native “savage’s” into organized religious, thereby saving their souls and an idea that they were superior to the native people.
Jamestown was plagued with problems and doomed to fail before the expedition left England. The London Company showed no desire thought it’s …show more content…
This European idea of superiority lead them to build a fort vs. a town, which only enhanced the separation of the settlers and Native people which the London Company planned on using as the food supply for the first group of settlers. In January 1608 a ship baring supplies and men arrived, one year after the first group arrived only 34 men survived. The Jamestown colony under the leadership of Captain John Smith began to slowly grow and strengthen its self. It would take many years and much lose before the Jamestown settlement would turn a
Jamestown was plagued with problems and doomed to fail before the expedition left England. The London Company showed no desire thought it’s …show more content…
This European idea of superiority lead them to build a fort vs. a town, which only enhanced the separation of the settlers and Native people which the London Company planned on using as the food supply for the first group of settlers. In January 1608 a ship baring supplies and men arrived, one year after the first group arrived only 34 men survived. The Jamestown colony under the leadership of Captain John Smith began to slowly grow and strengthen its self. It would take many years and much lose before the Jamestown settlement would turn a