FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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needed people from North America to settle Europe
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sought to expand their wealth by taking New World resources
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wanted to learn more about Native Americans
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wanted a place to send convicts who disobeyed the law
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Detailed explanation-1: -European rulers wanted to colonize North America as they sought to expand their power with riches from the New World. The first permanent English settlements were located in the Atlantic Coast region. Settlements were built near the coastline and other bodies of water for ease of transportation and trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -The motivations were the desire for riches, the hope of freedom of religion or freedom from imprisonment, debt or slavery. All of these people and these reasons contributed to the Americas early settlement.
Detailed explanation-3: -Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although there are many others, it seems that these three of religious freedom, land, and economic opportunity it possessed the most weight for causing people to come to the new land.