Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements Select one: a. were essentially business enterprises. b. were tightly controlled by the English government. c. were effectively isolated from contact with other nations. d. were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start. e. maintained the political and social institutions of England.

English colonial settlements during the seventeenth century were primarily for the economic prospects of the imperial kingdom. The colonies were used as a source of income and practically managed as business enterprises. The Britishers' use of colonization gave them a means of gaining some prospects of monetary outcome, thereby allowing them to increase their economic status and social standing. Most colonies first became a means of production before they are turned into something more. Even the slavery system was an indirect result of the colonizing process.