USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Exploration had been fueled in part by imperial hopes for the discovery of wealthy civilizations. In addition, like those aboard the Mayflower, most Spaniards came to the New World seeking land to farm, or occasionally, as historians have recently established, freedom from religious persecution.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1493, during his second voyage, Columbus founded Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World, on Hispaniola. After finding gold in recoverable quantities nearby, the Spanish quickly overran the island and spread to Puerto Rico in 1508, to Jamaica in 1509, and to Cuba in 1511.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, tens of thousands of Spaniards migrated to the US. They worked in tobacco companies, factories and mines. They settled in every corner of the country, from California to Hawaii, Florida to Ohio.