The Europeans also explored the Americas in order C. to expand empires so that they could have access to more resources.
After Christopher Columbus rediscovered the Americas for the Europeans, some of the major European powers established colonies there in order to:
- Acquire wealth - the Americas had a wealth of resources that the Europeans benefited from such as gold and agriculture
- Spread Christianity - Nations like Spain took conversion very seriously and saw it as their Divine mission to spread Christianity to the Natives.
- Expand empires - At the time, having a large empire was a very valuable thing and so the European powers such as Spain, France and Britain, flocked to the Americas to take over areas and add to their empires.
A chief reason the Europeans came was to increase their empires so we can conclude that the best motive that concludes the diagram above is the motive of empire expansion.
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