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List reasons that inspired Europeans explorers in the 1400s and 1500s. |
-desire for money -easier to trade -> find faster a route to travel to China and India -to be famous -curiosity about exotic lands and peoples -spread Christianity |
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Why do you think Columbus never figured out that he had not found Asia? |
Because he didn't know that America existed. |
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What contributed to the defeat of the Aztec Empire? |
Because the Spaniards had weapons and horses. Also the Europeans spread diseases such as smallpox which killed large numbers of Aztecs |
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Which two major Native American empires were conquered by Spain? |
The Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire. |
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Why did the Dutch colony in North America remain small? |
Because the Dutch weren't so interested in New America. Instead, they were more focus on Caribbean and Southeast Asia. |
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How did the French and Indian war eventually lead to the American Revolution? |
The English colonists resented having to pay for the French and India War so, they started a revolution which would make America independent from England. |
