SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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They wanted to spread Christianity to the people who lived there.
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They wanted to claim the land
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They wanted to find more food.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Faster Route to the East But the most powerful inducement to exploration was trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -Much of the expressed goals of the spread of Catholicism was to bring salvation to the souls of the indigenous peoples. The Church and the Crown alike viewed the role and presence of the Church in the Americas as a buffer against the corrupt encomenderos and other European settlers.
Detailed explanation-3: -HERNANDO DE SOTO explored the southeast region of North America for Spain, searching for gold, a suitable site for a colony, and an overland route from Mexico to the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Inspired by tales of rivers of gold and timid, malleable native peoples, later Spanish explorers were relentless in their quest for land and gold. Spanish explorers with hopes of conquest in the New World were known as conquistadores.