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”
Even though the Panama Canal is considered to be one of the most prominent engineering marvels of the world, it is literally built on many losses. During building the Canal more than 25,000 people died, mostly because of disease. Over 20,000 people died when the French set a hope to build the canal, and 5,000 died when the Americans did it successfully. It is a really huge sacrifice.
