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a trade route to asia
It was to a cheap source of manpower that the Europeans couldn't satify in the European Colonies in America.
Europeans originally used Australia as a sort of jail island for people who had committed crimes. Over time, Europeans just started to move there after hearing about it. They came to be used to it and spread throughout.
The crusades
to eat chips
because they want to see hot kaite crawford
James Monroe wanted to keep the Europeans out of Latin America so that no one would have a foothold to attack the US.
The Europeans exploited Africa's land and people.
Why did the Pilgrims want to move from the Netherlands to North Amercia
Europe is small and very crowded (about 1/3 the size of the US). Europeans came to America to: 1) Escape religious persecution 2) Own land, which was virtually impossible in Europe unless you were very rich. In America, they were giving it away for free, or amost free. 3) Lots of fertile land, lakes and rivers.
Europeans didn’t know North America existed until they literally bumped into it looking for an Asian water route. The natural resources found in North America drew Europeans to the land and for Europeans it looked like it was vast acres of empty lands. To a European to come to a place with no fences, no king’s lands, no laws on poaching, and it seemed to be not owned by anyone. As far as they were concerned the Native Americans didn’t count.