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What were the reasons given by Richard Hakluyt that England should start a colony?

Creating America: A History of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2005, page 104

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Hakluyt believed that colonies would provide a market for English exports, serve as a new source for raw materials, and build up England's gold supply. He also thought that the English colonies would help establish Protestanism in the Americas.

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