England's main motivation for establishing colonies in the New World was to gain wealth. True False

True.

Explanation:

The English and Irish islands are low in resources and were especially in the 15th-17th centuries. After seeing what wealth Columbus and his legionaries created for Spain, England rushed to set up colonies of their own to produce goods (and by doing so, wealth) for the home islands.

the soviet union wanted to impose communist governments in eastern europe.