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Actually, Europeans didn't even know North America was there. They were looking for another way to India and the far east. That's why Native Americans were called Indian's because Columbus thought he landed in India.

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Because one group was slowly taking the land, welath, and lives of another as they expanded westward. Ask yourself, have you met any eastern north american indians? No? Well, theres a reason for that.

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The land was worth something and people could start new colonies there.

They wanted land for power.

The land was good for agriculture.

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Each Europeans countries wanted to go to north America to get land because they were looking for food to eat with the bears and with the landowners ghxgf

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Europeans explorers claim land North America because they were trying to get to Asia but instead they arrived at North America. They didn't know Americas existed

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