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The Role Of European Settlers In The Americas

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The Europeans settled in the Americas to get lots of gain. Some of them included the fact that there was more land in the Americas that weren’t claimed (or so they thought) and they would get more land. Another included that because it was “unclaimed” they would be able to immigrate to the Americas and have religious freedom. Another was that as soon as Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, Spain claimed all of that land. They wanted to find lots of precious metals or minerals.
During that time, the countries in Europe were wanting to get as much land as they could get. That way, more people would move into the country and live there because it offered more land and a chance to get power in growing cities. The problem was, Europe only

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