They attempted to make it cheaper and left out some deductions, in order to have the privilege and the pleasure of paying at least a small income tax.
Spain felt that Portugal would dominate the world's trading routes and resources and it motivated them to compete with them and invest into their own campaigns, such as the one of Columbus.
British - Colonists were recruited from among middle-class farmers, artisans, tradesmen, indentured servants, convicted criminals or immigrants from other countries.
French - Initially fur traders, merchants, and missionaries. In 1665 some 1100 French soldiers arrived and were given land. Neither Protestants nor peasant farmers were allowed to emigrate.
A peasant is a low income and low notability who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
