Why Did British Colonization Turn Britain Into The World's Greatest Superpower?

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The colonization of North America helped turn Britain into the greatest superpower of the world back then. The land in North America was very arable and luxuriant and had a myriad of natural resources. This colonization would make Britain economically superior and more puissant than Spain. . This colonization would reduce unemployment and would ameliorate Britain’s economy. The people who settled the British colonies in North America were motivated by a variety of factors, but the most overall one was that it would turn Britain into the world’s greatest

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