England

             During the years of 1600-1763, there was a major struggle over who would possess the wide stretches of land throughout the New World which, involved three European Nations: France, Spain, and England. Throughout the endeavor for the land of the New World, England became triumphant because of their many settlements, economy/ government, and the many military victories.
             All three European Nations had settlements but only England's really prospered in North America. The Spanish founded New Mexico in 1609 and Sante Fe in 1610 in North America. Their downfall came when they tried to convert the Indians to there Christian beliefs which provoked the Indians to make an up rise in 1680 where they destroyed the churches and killed many of the Spanish settlers. It took them over a century to regain any land in North America. The French leader Samuel de Champlain or the "Father of New France" established Quebec, in 1608. Later, Montreal, Louisiana, and New Orleans were founded. The governments of these establishments was controlled by the crown and was highly autocratic. These French territories would later become territory of the English due to the French and Indian War.
             Unlike the French and Spanish, England founded many colonies that would never be destroyed or taken by another Nations. England's first settlement in Jamestown was brought to life by a charter given to the Virginia Company of London, by King James I and was called Virginia. This colony would be referred to later as the foundation of America. Colonizing was put forth by the ending of England's Civil War in 1660 which was known as the restoration period. The colonies had a representative self government and right to trail by jury, a plus compared to the French's autocratic government. England also put up a buffer state known as Georgia which would protect the Northern colonies from Spanish attackers.
             The economy was better thought out in the England se...

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