The three main countries that founded settlements in Norther America were Spain, France, and England. Spain's main motivation was to find gold, while France's was to trade furs. England's was for territorial reasons but they ended up profiting heavily from tobacco sales. <span />
The Battle of Gaugamela, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in 331 BC, took place approximately 100 kilometers (or 62 mi) west of Erbil, Iraq.
It tried to increase its military hopefully causing fear into the colonists to back down.
