Which of these reasons best explains why England and France were much slower to respond to the allures of overseas expansion than the Spanish and the Portuguese?
Possible Answers:
They did not possess the technological innovations of the Spanish and the Portuguese
Both countries lacked the funds and enthusiastic investors that were so abundant in Spain and Portugal
All of these answers are correct.
The Treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza gave papal authority to Spanish and Portuguese dominion over the New World
Religious and secular conflict disrupted any attempts at organized colonization in both countries