SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Help spread diseases to Native Americans
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Get rich, spread Christianity, & get fame & glory
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Bring new ideas & technology to the Americas
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Test new shipping across the Atlantic
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explorers came wanting to spread Christianity, to gain wealth from natural resources such as gold, to claim lands, and to find a shorter route to Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -A final motive for exploration was the desire to spread Christianity beyond Europe. Both Protestant and Catholic nations were eager to make new converts. Missionaries of both faiths followed the paths blazed by explorers. Advances in Knowledge and Technology The Age of Exploration began during the Renaissance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reasons for Exploration: All of the European nations ( Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands) came to America for the same 4 major reasons: wealth & power, religion, nationalism, and the Renaissance spirit of curiosity and adventure.
Detailed explanation-5: -Spiritual motivations also justified European conquests of foreign lands. The Catholic Church set up Christian missions to convert indigenous people to the Catholic faith. At the same time, and often hand-in-hand, Catholic nations began setting up colonies for political and economic profit in these foreign lands.