<Ul> <Li> First wave of European colonization </Li> <Li> British </Li> <Li> Couronian </Li> <Li> Danish </Li> <Li> Dutch </Li> <Li> French </Li> <Li> German </Li> <Li> Hospitaller (Maltese) </Li> <Li> Norse </Li> <Li> Portuguese </Li> <Li> Russian </Li> <Li> Scottish </Li> <Li> Spanish </Li> <Li> Swedish </Li> <Li> Colonization of Canada </Li> <Li> Colonization of the United States </Li> <Li> Decolonization </Li> </Ul> <Li> First wave of European colonization </Li> <Li> Hospitaller (Maltese) </Li> <Li> Colonization of Canada </Li>

What historical event allowed england to become a powerful player in american colonization