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I did not have a sponsor for my explorations. I found against the Aztecs in Mexico and conquered Montezuma.
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Hernan Cortez
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Holland (Netherlands) sponsored me but I claimed land for England. I found a waterway and thought it was the Northwest Passage but it was just a river.
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Henry Hudson
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These two countries fought over what is now called Florida.
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Spain and France
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Cortez, Coronodo, and de la Salle all were __________ before they were explorers.
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Noblemen
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I was a young soldier who sailed with Columbus. I would later become the governor of Puerto Rico.
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Juan Ponce de leon
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I was a French explorer looking for faster routes to Asia. I found the St. Lawrence River.
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Jacques Cartier
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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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silks and spices
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Juan Ponce de leon explored to find the __________________ but he didn't succeed because it didn't exist.
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Fountain of Youth
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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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I frantically searched the southwestern United States and into what is now Kansas looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.
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Francisco Coronado
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Robert de la Salle searched this river (largest river in North America) and claimed a huge amount of land for France.
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Mississippi River
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Name two explorers sponsored by France.
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Jacques Cartier and
Robert de la Salle |
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Name two explorers sponsored by Spain.
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Christopher Columbus and
Juan Ponce de Leon |