Spaniards and French wanted to spread ______________ to indigenous people.

Only French explorers searched for riches in the form of gold, jewels, and other precious metals.

The three G's are as follows:

Conquistador means "conquerer" in Spanish.

Hernando Cortes was an empresario.

Empresarios were given permission to

Christopher Columbus was a famous empresario.

Explorers traveled to new places to

Robert Salle was a __________ explorer.

Robert Salle killed his fellow men.

Robert Salle sailed down the _______________ to the Gulf Coast.

Robert Salle ________ Fort St. Louis

Coronado was both an _____________ and a conquistador.

Coronado let __________ loose in the US.

Coronado went down to South America after he explored TX.

Cabeza de Vaca means "____________ of ___________".

Cabeza de Vaca was a French explorer.

Cabeza de Vaca originally landed in _____________.

Cabeza de Vaca was captured by Native Americans but escaped _______ years later.

Alvarez de Pineda was __________.

Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish Explorer.

Alvarez de Pineda sailed and mapped the ___________.

Expedition means a journey made for an ordinary, boring purpose.

Expedition means a ___________ made for a special purpose.

Conquistador means _____________ in Spanish.

Slavery is the practice of paying people to work for you for a long time.

Slavery is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

Colony is a settlement of people who have moved to another country but are still ruled by their home country.

Colony is a settlement of people who have ___________________________________.