Age of Exploration

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Invention for navigation using celestial bodies.

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Astrolabe

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Columbus' exploration purpose before the New World.

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Find a faster, safer trading route to Asia.

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European countries sought a faster route to Asia.

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Asia

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Columbia Exchange

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flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe

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Difference of a colony:

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Ruled by another country.

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Ponce de Leon's discovery while seeking the fountain of youth.

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Florida

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John Cabot reached the eastern coast of Canada in 1497.

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Claimed the land for England.

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's reason for coming to the Americas

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to seek glory and wealth

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Robert de La Salle's motive for exploring the Mississippi River.

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Establish a French empire of trading posts, forts, and settlement.

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Potatoes, beans, and squash:

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first grown by American Indians.