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Mercantilism motivated Britain to colonize North America because the British believed that colonies could help the British economy. The British used the colonies to acquire raw materials and as a market for British exports. How was Great Britain able to control the developing colonies through mercantilist policies?

• by forbidding manufacturing in North America and preventing the colonies from competing with British industries

• by forcing colonists to settle in inland areas so that the Royal Navy could control all sea traffic on the Atlantic Coast

• by encouraging Spanish colonists to compete with British colonists in order to increase the supply of resources and lower prices

• by hiring only American Indian workers so that colonists were forced to work as subsistence farmers and could not acquire great wealth

How were Spain's goals for exploring the Americas different from the goals of France and Great Britain?

• One of Spain's main goals was to open the fur trade with American Indians.

• One of Spain's main goals was to gain access to valuable natural resources.

• One of Spain's main goals was to found colonies based on religious freedom.

• One of Spain's main goals was to spread Christianity throughout the Americas.

In what way did Hernando de Soto's expedition have a lasting impact on American Indian life?

• by convincing many American Indians to adopt Spanish customs

• by converting most of the American Indian population to Christianity

• by introducing American Indians to new ways of farming the land on which they lived

• by encouraging Europeans to explore and settle American Indian land in North America

The journals kept by the people on Hernando DeSoto's first exploration of southwest North America provided insight into

• the structure of the Aztec Empire.

• the Mayan civilization

• Mississippian culture

• Inca Empire

What was the outcome of Hernando Desoto and Mississippian Indians?

• The Native Americans joined Desoto's army

• they converted Indians to Christians

• many of the Mississippian Indians died of diseases

• the Native Americans quality of life increased

In what way did Hernando de Soto's expedition have a lasting impact on American Indian life?

• by encouraging Europeans to explore and settle American Indian land in North America

• by convincing many American Indians to adopt Spanish customs

• by convincing many American Indians to adopt Spanish customs

• by converting most of the American Indian population to Christianity

What were TWO reasons that the English government desired to colonize North America?

• Convert Indians to Catholicism

• Challenge Spain and gain more land

• to fur trade

• control all raw material