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During the Age of Discovery and the search for a route to India, the Portuguese were initially interested in getting access to the wheat, salt, and gold trades on the African continent and their success led to them becoming a major global empire. The Spanish were also a global empire at this time and England was playing catch up. England was initially interested in colonizing the Americas for valuable metals (gold and silver).
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