Development of agriculture
growth of permament settlements
domestication of plants and animals
invention of pottery
methalitic architecture
Power (land), religious freedom, more resources (spices), Gold, and trade.
The side that received the best trade terms and Native Americans and military assistance and help in war would probably win the contest for control over North America. hope this help
If you refer to Meriwether Lewis (Meriwether was his mother's surname actually), an American Explorer and a leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, partially named after him, then he was born in the Colony of Virginia, a British Colony and part of the British Empire.