When a person thinks of Europeans, they may think of French people, or British people, but Europe also included Spain as well. One famously known European is Christopher Columbus, and Italian conquistador who was thought to have discovered America. But he didn’t set out just to find America, he didn’t even know of America, he set out to find the Indies, and possibly rob them of their gold, he just ended up finding the Native Americans instead. The Europeans traveled far in the past, but they traveled mainly for land. The French, Spanish, and the English had so much land that they owned, but what was all of it for? Europeans sought out for new land to find goods and to create colonies.
Europeans sought out for new land to find goods. After …show more content…
Jamestown, “America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607”, this is the first successful English colony in America. The first actual English colony in America was, what is called, The Lost Colony of Roanoke, what caused the colony’s disappearance is a mystery, “The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word ““CROATOAN”” carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement.” The Roanoke colony was the English first attempt to start a colony that had failed. An example of Spanish colonization in America would be “St. Augustine in Florida” that “was established as a Spanish fort in 1565, the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States.” St. Augustine is one of the very many Spanish colonies in America. Colonization played a big part in which was why the Europeans set out for new land, the more land they found and claimed, the more goods they claimed. …show more content…
The two main reasons the European Explorers sought out to find land was to find goods and to create colonies for the search of those goods. Conquistadors were a big part of this finding of land, they heard of places and wanted to find them for themselves, to see it with their own eyes. Some Explorers were friendly, and worked with the Natives, while others enslaved, threatened, and slaughtered many to get what they wanted, their riches. While not all Europeans mistreated the Natives of the foreign lands they came across, many of the English and Spanish had, they shipped out boats and boats of gold and silver each
Europeans sought out for new land to find goods. After …show more content…
Jamestown, “America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607”, this is the first successful English colony in America. The first actual English colony in America was, what is called, The Lost Colony of Roanoke, what caused the colony’s disappearance is a mystery, “The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word ““CROATOAN”” carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement.” The Roanoke colony was the English first attempt to start a colony that had failed. An example of Spanish colonization in America would be “St. Augustine in Florida” that “was established as a Spanish fort in 1565, the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States.” St. Augustine is one of the very many Spanish colonies in America. Colonization played a big part in which was why the Europeans set out for new land, the more land they found and claimed, the more goods they claimed. …show more content…
The two main reasons the European Explorers sought out to find land was to find goods and to create colonies for the search of those goods. Conquistadors were a big part of this finding of land, they heard of places and wanted to find them for themselves, to see it with their own eyes. Some Explorers were friendly, and worked with the Natives, while others enslaved, threatened, and slaughtered many to get what they wanted, their riches. While not all Europeans mistreated the Natives of the foreign lands they came across, many of the English and Spanish had, they shipped out boats and boats of gold and silver each