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LESSON 3 PRE-COLONIAL AMERICA. 1492-1607. SPANISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA. MOTIVATION FOR COLONIZATION : GOD, GLORY AND GOLD EMPIRE INCLUDED THE WESTERN AREA OF THE U.S., THE GULF OF MEXICO REGION, MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND MOST OF SOUTH AMERICA MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WERE MINING AND RANCHING
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LESSON 3PRE-COLONIAL AMERICA 1492-1607
SPANISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA MOTIVATION FOR COLONIZATION : GOD, GLORY AND GOLD EMPIRE INCLUDED THE WESTERN AREA OF THE U.S., THE GULF OF MEXICO REGION, MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND MOST OF SOUTH AMERICA MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WERE MINING AND RANCHING CREATED A HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY IN WHICH THE SPANISH DOMINATED THE NATIVE AMERICANS
NEW SPAIN CONTINUED SET UP A STRING OF MISSIONS IN THEIR EMPIRE FIRST PERMANENT EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN THE PRESENT DAY UNITED STATES AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA IN 1565
FRENCH EMPIRE LOCATED IN CANADA ALONG THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND IN THE PRESENT DAY UNITED STATES ALONG THE GREAT LAKES AND MISSISSIPI RIVER MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WAS FUR TRADING DEVELOPED A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS