For question 1, they wanted to expand trade routes and business, to let settlers find a passage to South America, and acquire raw materials for manufacturing. For question 2, it is Charter, Colony. I hope this helps! :)
That would be C. the northeast
This was location of most of the original colonies, and it doesn't make sense for any other region to be more urbanized and industrialized. The US didn't inhabit the entire continent at once, instead, they slowly made their way across. Industrialization takes a long time, and it only makes sense that the longest inhabited part of the country would be the most industrialized at that time.
