The English colonies outlasted the Spanish and French colonies in America for many reasons. ... The primary factor in making the English the dominant power in America by 1763 is simply because the English established a growing population and secure trade of a profitable and renewable resource with England. ... Furthermore, what Columbus discovered was not North America where the English colonist settled, but South America. ... With word of the great success in America many English families were leaving to start a new life in America. ... The Chesapeake colonies set some what of a pre...

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