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| Europeans wanted a route | to asia for goods |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus wanted a route to Asia | He went not enough west and ended up in the wrong place |
| Spain was driven by three main motivations. Columbus, in his voyage, sought fame and fortune, as did his Spanish sponsors. | The main goal of these missions was to convert Native Americans to Christianity how to farm and adopt other European ways |
| God, Gold, and Glory | 1. To convert the native Americans to Christianity 2. To have fame and glory 3. To get rich with gold |
| In 1534,French navigator Jacques Cartier claimed northern North America for France | France maintained good relationships with Native Americans and built on the mutual benefits of the trade of beaver furs for French goods. |
| The Netherlands also became interested in the New World because of its economic promise. | The Dutch colonization of North America began in 1609 when the Dutch East India Company employed English explorer Henry Hudson to search for a water route by which it could reach its markets in Indonesia more quickly. Hudson did not find the so-called Nor |
| Trade | To this end, Dutch traders formed powerful alliances with Native Americans based on the trade of beaver pelts and furs. |
| The settlement of these colonies was motivated by religion. | These Pilgrims were followed by countless others who settled along the Atlantic Coast. Britain encouraged these settlements, benefiting from the vast array of raw materials the colonies found and cultivated. In New England, the colonies engaged in fishi |