FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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France
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China
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Australia
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the early to mid-seventeenth century, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were all competing for colonies and trade around the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -England, France, and the Netherlands sent explorers to chart the coast of North America and establish trade and colonies. They also hoped to discover the Northwest Passage, or direct water route to Asia through the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French, Dutch, and English began to make headway as they landed in the Americas and created settlements. Their goal, like many others, was to find gold, silver, and fur as well as create colonies of new lands that they claimed for their countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -In order to gain power, nations had to amass wealth by mining these precious raw materials from their colonial possessions. Mercantilists did not believe in free trade, arguing instead that the nation should control trade to create wealth and to enhance state power.