Colonizing Groups

Colonization Background

Early explorers to the Americas brought back reports of the potential wealth that awaited those nations that could successfully colonize this new land. European countries began competing for land here in America in the early 1600s. Spain concentrated mainly in Central and South America. The French, British and Dutch focused on North America.

We will focus mainly on the British colonies because it is these colonies that eventually join together to protest what they believed was an attack on their rights as British citizens. These protests eventually led to the American Revolutionary War.