It depends which Europeans you are talking about. The very earliest Europeans to get to America are thought to be the Salutrean people, around 15-20,000 years ago, during the ice age, and they probably went in search of food and a better climate. The Vikings are also thought to have reached North America, again in search of new lands to settle in and to farm. Columbus, the first to definitely reach the new world, went in search of wealth. The Pilgrims went for religious freedom. Subsequent settlers and migrants have gone in search of either wealth or freedom, or both.
Europeans set sail for the New World because of a desire to create a better life for themselves. There were stories of more land being available in the Americas and there were more opportunities for advancement.
they sailed to the Americas cause the wanted to see if they can find a faster route around also they wanted to find new land back then
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
Some people refer to the time before Europeans arrived in the Americas as Pre-Colonial days. The Europeans went through a period of Renaissance before the Colonists first came to the Americas.
Christopher Columbus is the first European to sail to the America's.
Europeans set sail for the New World because of a desire to create a better life for themselves. There were stories of more land being available in the Americas and there were more opportunities for advancement.
they sailed to the Americas cause the wanted to see if they can find a faster route around also they wanted to find new land back then
EXCEPT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, THE AMERICAS ARE POPULATED BY EUROPEANS
John Cabot was the first English explorer to sail to the Americas.
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
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The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
The offspring of Africans and Europeans in the Americas are commonly referred to as Creoles or Mulattos.
gold. Columbus was searching for a route to India. When he landed he mistakenly named the land the West Indies thinking he was in the Indian subcontinent of Asia.