USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.

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: -Strong among them are the satisfaction of curiosity, the pursuit of trade, the spread of religion, and the desire for security and political power.

Detailed explanation-4: -Motives for Exploration For early explorers, one of the main motives for exploration was the desire to find new trade routes to Asia. By the 1400s, merchants and Crusaders had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Demand for these goods increased the desire for trade.