How did mercantilism affect European countries' pursuit of colonies in the Americas?

Mercantilism affected the European colonization of North America because European nations, including France, the Netherlands, Spain, and England, tried to claim as many natural resources as possible. In particular, the Spanish tried to accumulate as much gold as possible while enslaving the Native Americans they found.

Explanation:

judaism, christianity and islam, are all abrahamic religions and therefore have in common the hebrew idea of a single god which is the source of all morality. the idea of the covenant is only related to judaism, while dharma is a concept of indian religions and the four noble truths are basic principles of buddhism.

religion was the center of there society they practiced human sacrifices and which they believed kept there god strong and that he would keep bad guys away hope this