Exploration of North America, 1492-1763
Countries
Where?
Political
(Glory)
Economic
(Gold)
Religious
(God)
Spain
 South and Central
America
 European Rivalry
 Sought fame for
discoveries
 Looking for gold
and trade routes
France
 Interior of
America/Ohio River
Valley, Mississippi
River, New Orleans
 European Rivalry
 Sought fame for
discoveries
 Trade routes
 Developed trading
posts-began a very
profitable fur trade
with Native
Americans
 Catholic Missions to
convert Native
Americans
What were the three Causes for Exploration?
England
 East Coast of
America and
Canada
 European Rivalry
 Sought fame for
discoveries
 Searching for gold
 Traded raw
materials
 Developed
coloniesMercantilism
 People began to
leave England in
search of Religious
Freedom