SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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One of Spain’s main goals was to open the fur trade with American Indians.
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One of Spain’s main goals was to gain access to valuable natural resources.
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One of Spain’s main goals was to found colonies based on religious freedom.
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One of Spain’s main goals was to spread Christianity throughout the Americas.
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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: -The Spanish wanted to spread catholicism, gain wealth, and make a name for themselves as a world power. The anti-catholic England wanted to challenge the catholic tyranny of Spain, gain wealth through trade, with mercantilism, and compete with other European powers, such as France and Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: While the Spanish were focused much more on conquest and converting indigenous peoples to Christianity, the French more interested in creating trading outposts without large-scale settlement and conquest.
Detailed explanation-4: -France and Spain, for instance, were governed by autocratic sovereigns whose rule was absolute; their colonists went to America as servants of the Crown. The English colonists, on the other hand, enjoyed far more freedom and were able to govern themselves as long as they followed English law and were loyal to the king.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Spanish, French, and English came about the New World the same way but for different reasons. The Spanish came in search for God, Gold, and Glory. The French, for money and religious conversions of Native Americans; and the English, to find religious freedom.