Three main motivations for European exploration are the need to spread their religion (Christianity), improving the economy (acquiring more spices,gold,goods) and lastly, faster trading routes. Hope this helped :))
B. Native Americans. Spanish missions had Native Americans farm and build buildings
The term that said US expansion was God's will is the Manifest Destiny
The group that made up the majority of California's population in 1840 was Native Americans.
And finally, the first American settlers into the Mexican territory known as Texas in 1821 were brought by Stephen F. Austin.
<span>The
name of the native people who lived in Puerto Rico before the arrival of Christopher
Columbus were the Taínos.</span>
<span>To add, <span>the </span>Taíno<span> <span>were an Arawak people who were the indigenous
people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the
late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba,
Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.</span></span></span>
