Question

Why did Great Britain want to control so much of North America?

Answer 1

Note: Britain did NOT want to control North America; North America became its own thing far after Britain was involved. Also I didn't include enough information or evidence but this is just enough to get you started.

But they wanted to keep the rebels in check so nothing big happened (aka the revolution). Then eventually the rebels were able to escape from the British and then America was made.

Answer 2

The more land a country owns the more powerful it shall become in this case britain made people pay taxs so the more land they owned the more tax money they shall recive