In the mid-1600’s Britan shifted much power over the colonies to authority of

There were several changed in England in the 1600s that allowed for colonization. They include the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Protestant Reformation and the improving English economy. The English Defeat of the Spanish Armada played an important road in English colonization of North America.

worcester v. georgia, legal case in which the u.s. supreme court on march 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on native american land. andrew jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision form the basis for most subsequent indian law in the united states.