When the explorers and people decided to go to la florida, what were they expecting to find?

When the explorers and people decided to go to LA Florida, they were expecting to find gold.

Explanation:

The explorers from the European countries first left for the Spanish Florida (con-temporarily known as LA Florida) they were actually expecting to find gold in the courses of rivers flowing down from the mountains and in the present day Lake Wales Ridge region.

Gold had prime significance back then and was used for exchange.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.