How Did The English Colonists Colonize North America

New World In their struggle to colonize the New World, colonial masters aimed to control North America. Those who came to the nee world as settlers had different reasons for doing so. However, their governments focused on controlling the social, economic, and political activities of the continent. Unlike other colonists, English colonists created settlements in the new world and assimilated the natives into the English culture instead of learning their culture; additionally, they suppressed inferior cultures by building a culturally homogenous one. English colonialists first settled in Jamestown during their initial contact with the New World. Notably, establishing permanent settlements worked for them unlike the other colonialists (the French and Spanish) who did not believe in having different settlements from the natives (Borge 54). The English benefited from arable land, trees, and fish. They practiced farming, which provided adequate food for the settlers. Similarly, settling allowed other English colonialists to take advantages of the existing natural resources in North America. Those who settled along the eastern coast took control of the
The English colonists wanted the natives to learn English culture because they believed that their indigenous were crude (Borge 92). However, they did not wish to go to war with the natives unlike the other colonialists who frequently went to war with the indigenous people and enslaving them. For instance, English colonists created a firm between them and the indigenous people. Contrasting their Spanish and French counterparts, the English did not focus on capturing and retaining the Indians as slaves (Borge 92). Instead, they emphasized on creating isolated societies from the natives. Thus, to be part of this new society, willing natives had to abandon their practices and assimilate into the English