Most populous country on the continent of africa

Nigeria has the biggest population in Africa.

In 2017, Nigeria had the population of 190,873,244. According to macrotrends.net.

Explanation:

Well the English were trying to colonize North America because of the abundance of resources that were there. They believe the natives had acquired gold. Also, Engkand had to be the first to conquer the "New World" because they had everything else colonized pretty much for the resources like India, parts of Africa, and etc.