A. Seeking gold
B. Spreading the word of God
C. Finding a shorter route to Asia
D. Personal glory and gain
E. Helping the Native People
F. I'm not sure.
2007-02-24 14:47:57 · 14 answers · asked by Patrick 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I would say, considering their horrible treatment of the native people almost everywhere in the New World (e.g., the Incas in Peru, the Aztecs in Mexico, the Tribes in North America.), that the explorers were not particularly motivated to help the native people; they were somewhat interested in converting the natives to Christianity. I am certain that A, B, C, and D were motivations, and I think that F is a cop out...
2007-02-24 14:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A. seeking gold... i was going to say E. but they thought they were helping the native people by spreading the word of God.
2007-02-24 14:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by Robyn T 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mainly E, unless you count spreading the word of God as helping the Native People (I would). I'm not sure can't be incorrect because you're not sure or you wouldn't be asking a bunch of people.
2007-02-24 15:05:44 · answer #3 · answered by Mollyismydog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-25 21:45:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
E! It was only a new world to the Europeans. To Native Americans it was home & we stole it from them...
2007-02-24 14:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
E.
It was all about personal/national gain. No one cared about the natives.
2007-02-24 15:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Reileah 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
E? when the Europeans came to America, they kinda kicked the natives out of their territory, know what I'm saying?
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after the new world had been scouted out, people with different ideas about religion than their ruler went to settle there in order to escape mistreatment, prison, and even death!
2007-02-24 14:52:30 · answer #7 · answered by look _inside 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
helping the native people....
No one in the old world cared a rats behind for the people of any nation that they concoured
2007-02-24 14:51:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
E
People do stuff to make a profit, the missionaries only showed up because it was in the interests of the Church, they did show a profit.
2007-02-24 15:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
E, of course. their motives were probably the opposite of E.
2007-02-24 14:57:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋