All of the following were reasons the English were interested in colonization EXCEPT
a. English merchants were looking for new markets
b. English landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money
c. the English, convinced there was a Northwest Passage to Asia, wanted to establish posts to supply ships going and back through the Northwest Passage
d. the English needed a base from which to attack Spanish treasure ships sailing back to Spain
e. religious rivalry between Protestant England and Catholic Spain motivated England to establish a Protestant empire in the Americas
Ans: b. English landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money
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