state the factors that led England to begin colonization

Even though the Spanish had a lot of control in America, North America was unclaimed. Spain set up Santa Fe, France Quebec, and Britain Jamestown. Britain didn’t really colonize because of internal conflicts. King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church and he launched the English Protestant Reformation. After Elizabeth I became queen, Britain became basically Protestant, and a rivalry with Catholic Spain grew more intense. The English crushed an uprising, in Ireland, and went to America, where they established power and colonization.