Assertion: colony | /r/CapableOf | exploit the riches of the continent
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text: Originally started as part of a two-part vision - one, to be a home base for English privateers feasting off Spanish ships and two, to exploit the riches of the continent and discover a passage to the Pacific Ocean, thereby establishing England as a legitimate world power - the first colonies nevertheless failed to live up to their promise.