Spain-South/Latin America
France- Canada
Britain- Virginia and New England
All 3 had territory in the Caribbean.Spain settled in S.A. to find gold to bring back to Spain.
France was mostly interested in fur trapping and trade with the natives.
Virginia was settled because the English thought they could find gold there as the Spanish had in South America. when they realized there was no gold to be found they turned to tobacco farming, which was also very lucrative.
New England was settled by people who wanted to escape from the religious oppression they had experienced in England, primarily the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
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The major obstacle to Islamic expansion in India was the presence of the Rajputs, a traditional patrilineal clan/warrior ruling class.
Totalitarian is what I think is the answer. But I'm not sure.
The most important thing was to be able to be a market for the colonial masters. It was often the case that the colonial masters used the colonies as a market because they had a mercantilist policy.
They used the colonies to sell their goods, and often traded with them, such as slaves. Sugar and tobacco were important for the american colonies that europe took. Coming out of Africa, slaves were the main market.