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Causes for European Exploration

Cameron Dumas
Dr. Kuhn
US History
September 9, 2015
Europeans perks and benefits to success
The Europeans were the ultimate 1 group of voyagers that
flourished in many ways. The following advantages will

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arriving 6 they found lots of natural resources such as tobacco,

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sugar, timber, ivory, etc. The new land produced these

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elucidate why the Europeans were so prosperous. The

Spaniards obtained four main advantages while looking for
new trade routes to help them excel in the future: seeking land,
gaining wealth, capturing slaves, and enforcing their religion.
Land 2 was the first benefit that they attained while looking for
new trade routes. They thought if they could go west that they
would reach Asia much quicker. When they set out for their
voyage 3 they lost many sailors but will soon gain something
much greater. They soon reached the new land in 1513. When
reaching this 4 new land 5, they knew it was unknown territory
because there was landscape, people, and resources. When

resources because the land was suitable to grow and produce 7

these because the south has the best soil. The Europeans next
perk 8 will be explained 9 in the next paragraph. It will explain
what advantages they found while searching this new land.

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Following up the new
land 10, they found resources such as

gold and silver that would make them wealthy. The Spanish

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would use the gold and silver to improve their banking system
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demonic, they could put them to work in return. They made a

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large 17 amount of money trading, selling, and buying slaves.

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and help provide for the people back in Europe. Also, they
utilized the other resources that they discovered to sell them to
other countries to make money. This productive discovery
persuaded them to express and boast on their findings. To brag
about their new minerals, they used the new printing press.
After they finished 11 bragging about their fortune, they
decided they should put it to use. So the Europeans inserted it
into the banking system. By using the gold and silver to
support their banking 12 systems it would help their money
value increase. As they used more gold and silver, their
stockpile started to deplete. This was not a problem because
they had a steady income of minerals coming in from the new
land. The banking system was so bad 14 inflation didn't 15 seem
terrible.13 To help increase their income 16 rate, Europeans took
the Native Americans from their homeland.
When the Europeans took the Indians from their homeland,
they brought them back and worked them to the bone without
pay. They thought that because the Native Americans were

Overtime 18, they were becoming bigger and bigger on the

market, therefore 19, 20 they sold them even farther than Europe
and Asia.
While they were selling these slaves, they still wanted to stay
true 21 to their beliefs. The European Spaniards forced their

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Roman Catholicism throughout the country. Before the slaves

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could touch the Catholic ground they had to be converted 22 to

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Catholicism. They said that they wanted to make religion the

number one in their lives. In 1469, the biggest powerhouse of

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Europe gets 23 married, Prince Ferdinand of Argon and

Princess Isabella of Castile. When the Prince and Princess
decided to tie the knot 24 they banished all of the Jews that
would not convert to Catholicism. When Prince Ferdinand and
Princess Isabella deported all of the Jews it was now 100%
Catholic
As time went on Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella ruled
for some time and kept Catholicism in place. The Prince and
Princess also helped Europe become extremely 25 rich and
wealthy by inaugurating the gold and silver into their banking
system. Selling their crops and resources from the new land
also helped them persevere through their hard time also. Over
the years 26 they became even more successful by importing
slaves from Africa to the new world.