D) The need for raw materials, fuel, and markets for manufactured goods
<span>It
is the Italian Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot aka Giovanni Caboto is credited with the discovery of continental
North America on June 24, 1497, under the commission of Henry VII of England.
Though the exact location of his discovery remains disputed, the Canadian and
United Kingdom governments' official position is that he landed on the island
of Newfoundland</span>
2nd option. Settlers could purchase title to farmlands in the west.
<span>The Earth was
formed 4.6 billion years ago from mixes of hot gases and solids. During those
days Earth almost had no atmosphere and its surface was molten. Through time
the Earth cooled and the atmosphere formed consisting mainly of gases that
spewed from volcanoes. The atmosphere was extremely hot, composed of hydrogen,
sulfide, methane, and carbon dioxide that is 200 times more potent compared to
today’s atmosphere. Half a billion years later, Earth started to cool and
solidify its surface making it conducive for water collection and making life officially
inhabit the planet.</span>
