Question

Whenever a nation colonizes another region, the native people are forced to change to please the colonists, and the colonists are forced to please the colonizing nation. Which of these has traditionally been the BIGGEST motivation of the colonizing nation?
A) to change the social structure in the colony
B) to exploit the economic resources of the colony
C) to develop a new government structure in the colony
D) to prevent colonization of the region by a competitor nation

Answer 1

B) to exploit the economic resources of the colony

The Spaniards wanted to colonize Mexico for it's mineral wealth, the English colonized America for timber, and so on.