Answers 1. As economic migrants.
2. To flee religious persecution (or discrimination).
3. As political refugees.
4. Some people who had disgraced themselves in Europe went to the New World to make a fresh start.
5. Until about 1820 many European countries were reluctant to meet the cost of keeping people in jail, so sometimes people were given the option of going to the New World instead of going to prison.
6. Some sources also mention avoiding conscription. (After 1815 some European countries had compulsory military service in peace-time).
8. Overpopulation.
Of course, various combinations of these reasons were possible.
Note. Early Spanish settlement was mainly a matter of empire building.
The Europeans wanted to find a new route to Asia to get spices and silks but they gt lost and ended up in America then the civil war started but america won and now we have our own freedom.
Different ones came for different reasons. The three main reasons were: in search of religious or economic freedom, in search of gold or other mineral riches, or the desire to religiously convert the natives.
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Which voyages gave Europeans new knowledge of the world?
1790
indians
spain
The Europeans explored the New World with ships.
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Which voyages gave Europeans new knowledge of the world?
Europeans began arriving to the new world in the 10th century. However, mass settling began in the 15th century with the Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus.
I sure hope they don't offer Europeans. New York banned slavery in 1799. Leave the poor Europeans alone.
Europeans
The New World
1790
The Europeans wanted gold from the new world. Other desired resources were silver, copper and food.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
They actullay called them new world