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11 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus |
A sailor sponsored by Spain. His motives were to find a route to Asia and to find riches. He thought he had reached Asia, but instead made the first European land claims in the New World.
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John Cabot
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A merchant sponsored by England. His motives were to find a route to Asia and to find riches. He made England's first land claims in North America.
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Juan Ponce deLeon
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A soldier sponsored by Spain. His motives were to find a route to Asia and to find riches. He never found the "fountain of youth", but found what is now Florida.
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Hernan Cortes
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A nobleman sponsored by Spain. His motive was to find riches. He led an expedition to conquer the Aztec Empire in Central Mexico.
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Jacques Cartier
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A sailor sponsored by France. His motives were to find a route to Asia and to find riches. He made France's first land claims in North America.
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Francisco Coronado
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A nobleman sponsored by Spain. His motive was to find riches. He went to the southwestern part of what is now the USA in search of gold.
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Henry Hudson
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A sailor sponsored by Holland/England. His motive was to find a route to Asia. He explored a large river in New York and a huge bay in Canada. Both bodies of water are named after him.
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Robert de La Salle
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A nobleman sponsored by France. His motive was to find riches. He paid for his own expedition up and down the Mississippi River Valley, and claimed it for France.
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Spain and France
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Two countries who fought over what is now called Florida.
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silks and spices
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Spain was very eager to find faster routes to the East Indies so they could trade for _______ and _________.
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A colony is different from a country because it is...
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Ruled by another country
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