English, Dutch, French

-Private investors played a large role in in English colonial efforts.
-Individuals paid a lot more money to finance expeditions to America.
-Retained much more control over their colonies.
-Maintained their own assemblies and influenced their choice of royal government.
-Did not migrate to large centralized states like the Aztecs or Incas.
-Did not encounter agriculture people living in dense societies.
-Tried to form treaties with the native Americans and justify why they were taking land
-no viceroys or audiencias
-relationships w/ indigenous ppls different (no large centralized states like Aztec/Inca)