The answer is that early on the English were looking for a "Northwest Passage". This would be a shorter trade route to East Asia. For a long time it was believed that there was a large body of water in North America that would lead to the Orient. The English were interested in the raw materials that they could find in North America, including the islands of the Caribbean.
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Jakarta I believe was announced to being the second largest city in 2015.behing Tokyo-Yokohama.
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor before America joined the war. America did not plan on joining the war, but was going to support their allies with resources. Japan had wanted exports from America, but the U.S. refused. Since the American government would not give to Japan, Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor. This made the Americans furious as they had not yet enlisted and saw this as an act of terrorism. They immediately took action and joined the war.<span />