Why did the Europeans explore and conquer North & South America?
Learn about their motives. How does this information match up with the information in your history book? Read more about the Age of Exploration. Read the Wikipedia page on exploration.
Challenge yourself by reading about exploration on History.com and History Alive.
Check out an interactive map of explorers in North America.
Try out your book's tutorial on chapter 4.
Europeans explored North & South America for many reasons. Some countries wanted what was in the land. These included gold and silver, food, such as corn and pineapples, and tobacco. Others wanted to find the mythical "Fountain of Youth" and/or a new route to Asia. In other words, the Americas was a new and exciting place to the Europeans.
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