Why Did the English, Dutch, and French Fail to Begin

question 38

Multiple Choice

Why did the English, Dutch, and French fail to begin colonization of the Americas until more than a hundred years after the Spanish and Portuguese?

• A) Their geographical position put them at a disadvantage for transatlantic shipping.
• B) Domestic troubles and religious controversies delayed organized government action.
• C) The northerners were slow to abandon their traditional trade routes through the Mediterranean.
• D) A 1494 treaty ceded the Americas and a monopoly of the trade with the Far East to Portugal and Spain.

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