Question

What were the major motivations for colonization in the New World

Answer 1

Answer:

This depends.

Explanation:

For the puritans and the pilgrims, it was to escape religious peresuction and to build a utopia.  For the Dutch and other non-English countries, it was generally to engage in trade to make money, rather than settle down and build a society. For the colonists in virigina who were not puritans, they wanted to make money and also start a new life, and they were generally young men who were risk takers.