Reasons to Explore
Why did the Europeans come to the Americas? The 3 G's: gold, god, and glory. Gold means being rich. They Europeans went to the Americas for all the gold, and treasures that they could get. God, means that they came to spread the religion of Christianity. They wanted the Indians in the Americas to convert to their religion. The Europeans viewed that spreading their holy religion was a good thing. Last, is for glory. The Europeans were also trying to find a trading route from Europe to East Asia. The Europeans focused on individual achievement. The king wanted his country to be the most glorious and better than other countries. To find a route to Asia would have made the sailor famous! Competition was spreading between countries to find the route to Asia. Because of that, it was a bigger possibility to become famous and live forever in the minds of the people!