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Core historical themes. Motivations for colonization: Spain's colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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The European explorers were looking for resources and trade routes, more specifically a quick and easy water route to the East Indies since the muslim Ottoman empire blocked the middle east.