FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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to discover new languages and religious
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to identify new trading partners among Native tribes
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to find the Northwest Passage to Asia
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to stop the spread of Christianity
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Northwest Passage was believed to be a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Finding such a route would have given France easy access to Asia. With a western route to Asia, trade could be done much more quickly and for less money and time than sailing eastward around Africa or taking a land route.
Detailed explanation-2: -The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World. The Virginia Company of London established the Jamestown colony to make a profit for its investors. Europe’s period of exploration and colonization was fueled largely by necessity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Passage was long sought by European explorers to shorten the distance and time that merchant ships needed to travel from Europe to Asia. Most explorers attempted to locate a sea channel in the Arctic waters to the north of Canada.
Detailed explanation-5: -Explorers searching for the Passage were hoping to establish a lucrative trading route between Europe and Asia. The aim was to shorten the time and cost of sailing to and from markets such as India and China.