The pacific manifestations in India lead by Mahatma Gandhi were succesfull because they protested in many different ways, and with many different people, from farm workers to politicians, everyone took action in different ways to assure India´s independence, from not paying taxes for farm lands to producing salt without government permission, Indians got united to attack pacifically the Brithis colonialism.
Colonies were sent to America to get money for Great Britain, so it would probably be so they could use the wood to build a successful colony. The answer would probably be along the lines of “to use the wood to build houses or other necessities”
