It depends on what country the colonists come from. For the British, it was for tobacco and trees. For the Spanish, it was for gold and glory. For the French, it was for trees and glory as well I believe. Not so sure on French tho
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"The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It was a decisive victory for the Greeks as it ended that war. The battle was in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia. It was fought between the Greek allies (the city-states, of Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara), and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I.
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Moral arguments, assisting slaves to escape and violence
"Human sacrifice and expansion of the empire" would be the best option from the list, although it should be noted that some of the expansion had begun before his reign officially began.