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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The spanish and portuguese explorers main goal was to find gold. King Ferdinand funded Columbus's journey to expand Spain's empire with more gold, slaves, and land. Queen Isabella of Spain sentColumbus on his journey to the New World to convert more people to Catholicism. Economics Religon The English, French, and Dutch all tried to find a northern passageto India for trade, but instead discovered the east coast of what is now the United States. The Portuguese settled the Atlantic Islands to grow sugar as a cash crop in Europe. Although Spain had both economic and religious motivations, Portugal, England, France, Netherlands, and Italy were primarily motivated by economics. By late 1400s, the Portuguese economy was based on sugar, black slaves, and gold. Spain sent the Jesuit Missionaries to the Americas to convert more people to Catholicism. The Portuguese sent Vasco da Gama to discovera sea route intothe Indian oceanand set up trade in the East Indies. Economics plays a greater motivating role than Religion Catholic Priests accompanied the earliest Spanish explorers. Although religion was a large motivator in the Ageof discovery, Economics was a bigger motivator. Although the struggle between the Arabs and the Portuguese over the Spice Trade was thought of as Christian versus Muslim war, the Portuguese main goal was to take over the Spice Trade. Key Portuguese French Dutch Religion and Economics as Motivators in the Age of Discovery English
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