... Western sea trade route leading to the Asian Mainland. Economic failures of the voyages started when Columbus landed on the islands, because even though finding gold for Spain was the goal, Columbus became greedy. Even when they first sighted land on October 12, 1492 on the first voyage, Columbus took ... islands which would be settled, and be founded as a mining and farming colonies that would produce their own food and create a profit by remitting gold to Spain. These colonies failed. "In selecting as the site for his second settlement the unprotected, unhealthy shore that he named Isa...

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... many natives felt that these invaders had no right to come and take them and their land. Many of them believed all the foreigners wanted was gold and treasure. A historic text of the Aztec culture explains, "When the Spaniards were installed in the palace, they asked Motecuhzuma about the city's resources ... and reserves and about the warriors" ensigns and shields. They questioned him closely and then demanded gold" (Portilla, "The Broken Spears," 66). The Aztec was not happy with this move. After several other incidents, the Aztec tried to resist Cortez from ... to the new world for ...

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... found Hispaniola in complete disorder. A revolt was escalating against his brothers. The mayor of La Isabella, Francisco Rolda  n, led it. People were infuriated at Bartholomew Columbus restructuring of the gold manufacturing process. This process favored certain Spaniards over others and subjugated the native laborers. The chiefs of the indigenous tribes in Hispaniola, as well as a number of Spaniards, were incensed ... by Bartholomew Columbus reorganization of the gold production process, which favored certain Spaniards over others and exploited the native labor force. Rolda  n and ...

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... , greed, god, political/economic competition. Glory was the desire of wealth. It was more like a personal fame. Greed was the search for spices and gold. The motive god was to win as many converts possible to Christianity. The motives of exploration were like the opening doors for the trade that started all ... top priority. I think they could also achieve these other goals or motives by this one. Because if they have a lot of spices and gold, they can achieve motives like glory. They can do much more with it. The search for wealth was the most important motive because so many ... to ex...

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... fewer impediments in this regard than any other people on earth"" (De Las Casas, 10). Another goal the Spanish had in mind was retrieving as much gold as possible for themselves and for the Spanish treasury and letting nothing or no one stand in the way of that. "The governor and his men ... dreamed up new ways of tormenting the native population and whole new techniques for torturing them in order to force them to reveal the whereabouts of their gold and to hand it over " (De Las Casas, 32). The Spanish took the natives by surprise with their plans of turning the native lands into ... ...

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... Starting in 1484 Christopher tried to convince King John of Portugal to pay for his supplies, ships, and a crew for his voyage to Marco Polo amazing gold mine. King John did not accept simply because he thought Columbus would fail. After failing with King John, Columbus decided to ask King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ... Maria, and paid for 90 crewmen and supplies. Christopher was completely excited and could not believe he was the captain of his own voyage to find spices, gold, and precious jewels. This is what he had been dreaming about since he was a little boy. The way Columbus plann...

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... are not black, but the color of the inhabitants of the Canaries. I was very attentive to them, and strove to learn if they had any gold. Seeing some of them with little bits of metal hanging at their noses, I gathered from them by signs that by going southward or steering round ... the island in that direction, there would be found a king who possessed great cups of gold." At dawn the next day, Columbus sailed to the other side of the island, and saw two or three villages. He ended his description of them ... , crossbows, guns, cavalry, and attack dogs for his second voyage. When Columbu...

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... that some explorers such as Columbus described them to be. Christopher Columbus, a Genoan explorer who "found " the new world and a degenerate, fought for gold and glory and his voyages and short term as governor of Cuba proved that true. His government was a tyranny paralleled only to Hitler's form of rule ... , killing thousands to prevent revolting and seeking only to find gold and conquer new land for the Spanish Crown. Both men are remembered for their achievements throughout their lives almost half a century later, but what ... possible, in hopes that he would find something to bri...

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... they called the "New World." European countries promptly rushed to allege lands in the Americas. Spain was interested in the God, Gold, and Glory. Cortés was the first of Spain people exploring for wealth, adventure, and grandeur. Religion was something that gave Spain ... French Empire had slowly manifested an interest in the New World. Their motivation had taken after a French privateer apprehended a Spanish ship loaded with Mexican gold and silver. Spurred by desires of great wealth, Francis I, sent Giovanni da Verrazano to discover a northwest passage through the North America to I...

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... and when Spain sent Christopher Columbus he found the West Indies or the present day Caribbean. The King then sent more men to mine the silver and gold found there. The King was sending men to cultivate the land into money for himself. When Christopher Columbus returned he told the King that there were ... people of the America's. The America's opened new routes of trade and if Spain had more territory then it could mine more and make more silver and gold. During the expansion of Europe religion was used to set the King upon a pedestal amongst his people and allies while conquering new l...

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Hernando Cortes Conquered the Aztecs! Tenochtitlan- Hernando Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador, ventured into Tenochtitlan, the capital of Aztec empire, searching for gold, god, and glory. He set out to conquer the empire and to capture the Aztecs in order to achieve such things. Unfortunately for the Aztecs, ... and said the Spanish were good people. In the next battle that broke out, Cortes was able to conquer them easily again. He then stole the Aztec's gold, jewels and other valuables. Cortes was happy with his conquering and returned back to Spain with the riches. After the battles, the Azt...

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... and when Spain sent Christopher Columbus he found the West Indies or the present day Caribbean. The King then sent more men to mine the silver and gold found there. The King was sending men to cultivate the land into money for himself. When Christopher Columbus returned he told the King that there were ... people of the America's. The America's opened new routes of trade and if Spain had more territory then it could mine more and make more silver and gold. During the expansion of Europe religion was used to set the King upon a pedestal amongst his people and allies while conquering new l...

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... find the "Seven Cities of Cibola." Francisco believed the stories he had heard that the cities were covered with gold. He believed he would find treasures such as gold and spices. Coronado set out with 1000 men riding splendid horses to search for the gold. Coronado explored for months, but he had only found poor Indian villages. Most of his men left him ... to go back to Mexico, but he decided to keep on looking. Francisco never found the cities of gold and his expedition was considered a failure. However, one of his groups found the Grand Canyon. They claimed it for Spain. They also c...

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... to the west. After initially turning him down, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella reconsidered once the Moors had been successfully expelled from Spain in 1492. Columbus promised to bring back gold, spices, and silks form the Far East, to spread Christianity, and to lead an expedition to China. In return, Christopher Columbus wanted to have three things the title admiral of ... which I think almost anyone would agree with. First one was in 1494 the Hawks bell System. The Indians that were on the land were used as slaves. There wasn't any gold for them to bring and therefore they would ge...

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... named Isabella, was built a short distance away from the first settlement. The settlers didn't want to build the city of Isabella because they were more interested in searching for gold. When gold didn't show up in large quantities, Christopher forced the local natives to enslavement because it would be more profitable. Before returning to Spain, Columbus explored more of Cuba and discovered ... Jamaica. While Columbus was off exploring different Islands, the Spaniards and the Indians' relationship began to decimate. The Spaniards would raid Indian villages in search of gold and other r...

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... Isabella Columbus states that they natives did not have any knowledge of the value of the items Columbus and his men brought, so they would trade gold for scraps that would be considered worthless. Columbus claimed that he did not allow his men to trick the natives, and by doing so the ... by doing so he keeps the Royals interest in the new land that he found, and not deeming it worthless. "I will give them as much gold as they need moreover, spice and cotton, as much as their highnesses shall command" (Columbus). With Columbus telling these half-truths and making promises ... of Americ...

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... , Luis, with him. Ponce de Leon built a house for his family in the city of Salvaleon, a city which Ponce de Leon founded in 1505, in Hispaniola. After hearing stories about gold that could be found in the rivers of the island San Juan, Ponce de Leon, a crew of 50 men, and a single ship set out on a voyage to San Juan. He ... and his crew had great gold-mining success on the island. However, his crew was running low on food and supplies. Because of his great success, he was appointed governor of San Juan. Rumors heard by ... this miraculous spring would make you immortal. Some say Ponce...

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... him the things he needed to start his journey. In exchange for this, he promised the queen he would bring back a significant amount of riches in gold. Before Christopher started his journey with his crew and ship that the queen provided, he told many of the crewmen that the voyage would only last seven ... exact, with sandy beaches and vegetation. The crewmen hopped off the ship and began to befriend the local natives. The local natives show the crewmen the gold they have collected. Christopher teaches one of the natives Spanish so that they are able to communicate. He then tells the nat...

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... ] will be waged." All in the same speech, Cortez has his men, as well as all scholars to come, understand their reasoning for being in the Americas. Gold, Glory and God. Not a century after Columbus" voyage to "Indies," the Spaniards were left without any exotic spices, flowers, etc. So they made the best of ... telling his men of their personal wealth, Bernal Diaz described one of the promises that Cortez had made to his men as "would receive a share of the gold, silver, and riches to be gained." This was more than enough for the Spanish men to sign on for the voyage. Even Bartolomeo de ...

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... those who had invested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around ... their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death. The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with ...

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... . The commodities and natural resources America had to offer taunted European Nobles and common folk alike. Agriculture would later become the backbone of colonial America and took the place of gold as the most sought after market. Tobacco, lumber, and sugar grew became the most sought after commodities, but as economic goods grew in demand so did the demand for laborers ... masters alike and contributed to economic growth. Colonial masters in need of labors disembarked to the west coast of Africa and there they would find black gold. The west coast of Africa possessed a different gold, ...

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... . The commodities and natural resources America had to offer taunted European Nobles and common folk alike. Agriculture would later become the backbone of colonial America and took the place of gold as the most sought after market. Tobacco, lumber, and sugar grew became the most sought after commodities, but as economic goods grew in demand so did the demand for laborers ... masters alike and contributed to economic growth. Colonial masters in need of labors disembarked to the west coast of Africa and there they would find black gold. The west coast of Africa possessed a different gold, ...

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... , killing over a third of their populations in the period of two years. His major motives were spreading Christianity and finding a westward route to Asia. Personal motivation was power, glory, and gold. His supporters were Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; he propagandized the new world so that they would continue funding the whole expedition. His failures were the ineffectiveness of the establishment ... . His major backer was King Francis I of France. His mission was to find a northwest passage to China and create a direct route to the gold and spices, and open traffic for gold inhabita...

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... with the East, which led to the discovery of the New World, desire for the products of the East such as spices, desire for new wealth in the form of gold and silver, and the desire to spread Christianity. Many factors, mostly technological advances, made it easier for countries to expand beyond the European Continent at this time. One factor that ... had much to gain. Isabella and Ferdinand financed Christopher Columbus" 1492 voyage which resulted in the acquisition of new territories in the Americas for Spain. From these territories, they gained gold and silver from the rich mines of t...

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... as barely, rye, sugar and coffee from Africa. The discovery of these new products led to the creation of early trading networks. Soon Europe began to successfully trade foods, spices, gold, slaves and more with North and South America, Africa, India, Asia and China. There were other resources that Europe required which they could not provide for themselves. Europe used ... gold and silver coins (mints) as their currency, but had a limited supply of these resources. This forced them to explore for more gold and silver. The voyage of Christopher Columbus was intended as a search for a new...

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