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English Motives for America I believe the initial move into the Americas was because of the tremendous amount of power England would be able to gain by obtaining land in the Americas. I think that England’s rival Spain proved to be England’s deciding factor for entering America. England presence in the Americas was not eminent until 1497, a year which sparked enlightenment. Spain once too claimed that they were suffering from economic and social problems in their country. Once the founding of America, Spain had gotten rid of many of their problems that once they had faced. England at the time too suffered from great economic struggle. England’s landowners and farmers relied heavily on the trade of wool. Once the business was crashing many English workers were sent on the streets becoming vagabonds. People found themselves in starvation and homeless. America presented England with the chance to give new economic opportunities for those who could not find work in England. Many jobs in America such as tobacco company and crop raisers presented opportunity for the poor in England. Things such as Maize, corn, wool, and fur were abundant in America. While Spain had occupied many areas of America, England knew that they had found many new resources and riches that positively affected their economy. Spain was successful in making a trade economy which boosted their economic economy. England’s domination of Europe and the world was slowly diminishing, and England decided that America would be the best place to start building their empire. Even though there were solutions in America to many of England’s problems, it was not until Spain’s economic and social domination did they come to realize of America’s true potential.