Grow there own crops and food for survival, and to help others. Sometimes to trade with others
We need to control the inflow of people to the countries especially when the economy is tanking. The influx of illegal trespassers had eaten up millions of jobs that would otherwise go to legal citizens who have come in good faith through proper channels. You wouldn't want people making decisions for your country (voting) who aren't apart of your country. That would basically be like asking a stranger where you should eat every time you were hungry. We need rules to regulate what goes on in our country so we can keep everything in order and under control.
People during this time period generally used Africans as slaves because they were easy to capture and use for cheap labor. Settlers wouldn't have to paid people for the labor so their profits increased.
Queen Elizabeth I promoted the English empire in a variety of ways. The most important action she took, though, by allowing England to establish trading companies in such far away places as Russian, East India, and Turkey. By establishing these trading companies, Elizabeth I helped to position England as a trade empire throughout the entire world and, in effect, expand English rule throughout the world.
