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they were looking for gold!

the english settlers were promised riches by the virginia company if they moved to the new world (namely, jamestown).

the main motivations for the english colonizers were gold, glory, and god (spreading christianity to the natives).

The correct option is B, gold. The resource that attracted the first English settlers to the New World was gold.

Which resource attracted the first English settlers to the New World?

  • The very first English settlement in the New World was Jamestown.
  • It was a joint-stock company, driven by the need to return major amounts of profit.
  • Exploiting the natural resources of the New World would significantly help in returning profits to investors.
  • By encouraging settlement in the New World, profit was assured.
  • An emergent of settlers with colonizing motives started to exploit the resources available in the New World.
  • Exploration and discovery were also encouraged by the merchants who would settle in this new land.
  • Realising that the New World held an abundance of gold, this resource attracted this new class of settlers to the New World in an attempt to gain profit and spread Christianity to the native population.  
  • Gold was pivotal to the companies that wanted to gain profits.

Therefore, gold was a resource that attracted the first English settlers to the New World as they could expand their profit motive by settling in the New World.

Learn more about Jamestown here: https://brainly.com/question/17737026

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