The chance of increased European involvement in the Americas President Monroe. There was also concerns about Russia's intentions for controlling land in the northwest.
It was the search for such a route to Asia that actually led to the discovery of the Americas by Columbus, which meant that this ushered in an entirely new era of importing goods from the Americas to Europe and exploiting natives in both the Americas and Africa.
Saint Francis Xavier was born on April 7, 1506, in a castle near Sangüesa in Navarre (part of present-day Spain). With encouragement from his friend Ignatius of Loyola, Xavier devoted himself to religious service and became one of the founders of the Jesuit order
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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