Motivations for Exploration & Colonization of North America

🌍 Europeans traveled to Asia for silk by voyaging south around Africa.

💡 Europeans realized that sailing west would be a quicker route to Asia.

🗺️ In 1492, Columbus discovered North America while searching for a route to Asia.

The Europeans came to North America for three main reasons: economics, religion, and power struggle.

The Native Americans were mistakenly called Indians by the Europeans.

England, France, and Spain were the main European countries involved in the colonization of North America.

🗺️ Exploration and colonization of North America involved various countries expanding their empires for political, economic, and social reasons.

⚖️ The English settlers came for social reasons, escaping persecution and unfair treatment for their religious beliefs, as well as for economic reasons, seeking gold, silver, and new settlements. They also came for political reasons to increase Britain's power.

💰 The French settlers came primarily for economic reasons, aiming to make money through trade and other ventures.

🌍 Exploration and colonization of North America was motivated by the desire for more land and power.

💰 Economic reasons, such as the pursuit of valuable fur and the search for natural resources like coal, also drove exploration.

⛪ Religious motivations played a role with the spread of Catholicism and the conversion of Native Americans.

🌍 Explorations in search of a trade route to Asia.

💰 Economic motives behind colonization.

👥 Social factors driving colonization efforts.