FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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establish democratic governments
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become the greatest nation
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find a gateway to the Pacific Ocean
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landscape reminded them of Spain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Motivations for colonization: Spain’s colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yet for a couple of decades the Spanish felt it was important to make recorded voyages to the region, and claim it on behalf of the King of Spain, because they wanted to keep the region out of Russian and British hands.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the king’s orders was to investigate a possible Northwest Passage. The expedition was also to search for gold, precious stones, and any American, British, or Russian settlements along the northwest coast. Arriving in Alaska in 1791, Malaspina and Bustamante surveyed the coast to the Prince William Sound.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spain proffered three arguments to justify their seizure of the American continents and their subjugation of the native inhabitants: papal donation, discovery, and conquest. Under papal donation the Spanish crown’s lawyers noted that Jesus Christ had given St. Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven.