What are the similarities and differences between the English and Spanish ambiti

Question:

What are the similarities and differences between the English and Spanish ambitions when they came to America?

like, what were their goals and what did they come to the americas to do. im not sure, so can you help me?

ex: religion spreading, conquering, freedom, etc.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Similarities were that the Spanish and English both had intentions of colonizing and settling in the New World unlike the French who only has a small footprint in the New World well into the 18th Century (there were only 50,000 people in all of New France while Rhode Island alone had almost 45,000 people during the same period). The difference was in financial support (i.e. sources of) and attitude. The English colonies were first settled by royal charter for mercantile pursuit or refugees fleeing religious persecution (the Separatist in Massachusetts, we know them as the pilgrims, Puritans in Rhode Island) while the Spanish settlements were strictly for conquest, riches, and plunder. The conquistadors were direct reports to the crown to use 21st century parlance. Little attempt was made to actually farm the land--the enslaved Indians took care of that in Spanish territories. The attitude of the Spanish Crown was enrichment of the Royal treasury and its minions were not involved in labor but strictly management of the mines, plantations, etc. English colonies, due to the paucity of Indian labor and Protestant work ethic was more centered on development of the land and the building of capital. Their were far more unlikely to intermarry with the native stock unlike the Spanish who eventually did so out of necessity (not many Spanish women traveled to the New World unlike the English who traveled with their entire family due to the circumstances above). To use a modern analogy, the Spanish who came were like a modern day soldier in our army who is going to Okinawa for a one-year unaccompanied tour while the English were like the soldier who goes for three years with his wife and family on an accompanied tour.