England's first documented contact with the new world occurred in 1620.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The term ''New World'' was created at the beginning of the century, after the era that discovery by Europeans in America. European countries have come to America to increase their wealth and increase their influence on world affairs. Many people who settled in the New World came to avoid religious persecution. England was not the most powerful nation in Europe in the century.
Spain was the most influential. In the 90’s after Columbus, Spain dominated with Portugal in discovering the New World. France, Netherlands and Sweden were more interested in the western hemisphere than in England. The Mayflower Compact signed on a ship en route from England to the New World and pledged to be loyal to the king to abide by such honest and laws that govern the common good of the colonies after the land has landed.