What avenues were used by the british to colonize North America?

Answer 1

The British used America as a test for colonization since they were late in heading over to the new world. They saw America as a way to promote trade and find new ways to get materials to help their own economy. They weren't really in it for the adventure of conquest like Spain.

Answer 2

You mean like Fifth Avenue? (Sorry About That!)
Hmm! While Spain was in it for "God, Gold and Glory", England (there was NO Great Britain at that time) actually used the Americas as a sort of jail: The so-called Pilgrims/Puritans were often jailed, tortured, and out and out murdered because they refused to worship the same was as the king. So, they were sent to "northern Virginia". Most of the people who settled in what is now West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina and Georgia were taken from debtors prisons and such and sent to the Americas (including Canada, the U.S., and the Carribean Islands).
[The English did the same with Australia and a bunch of other places.]
Of course, they also used it as a source of income: the interest rates charged to those who emigrated to the Colonies was usually more than 60% per annum! Then there were the taxes and tariffs. Also, they paid the Colonists only a fraction of the worth of the goods, but charged the Colonists such high rates for goods shipped to the Colonies. In spite of this, Massachusetts and other New England colonies, because of their work ethics, soon paid off their debts and made a profit.

Answer 3

Accidental introduction of diseases was a huge factor in English colonialism. Because most of the natives were wiped out before the first English colonies were even well on their way, the English had an easier time of it and found most of the continent to be sparsely settled.