11. What did Europeans use to conquer lands and claim that land as colonies?

A. Land-contract agreements
B. Temporary alliances with rival colonial powers.
C. Enslaved soldiers
D. Private companies.

D. Private companies.

Explanation:

Private companies strongly encouraged the colonization of North America. In this context, a colony of Massachusetts Bay was formed by a company of the same name. These private corporations sent people to examine the economic viability of certain regions of North America. Thus the company above sent John Winthrop to observe the condition of the colony of New England. Economic reasons we're one of the main factors in the mass migration of Puritans to the New World.

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