Why was the New World desires by Spain and Britain

The Spanish, the French and the English all sought to gain power and riches from exploration and settlement in the new world. Most of the time, this meant that they were unkind to the Native Americans as they took land, forced religion and altered their "uncivilized" culture.

From 1492 to the 1800s, Spanish explorers were the bullies of the New World. ... Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in 1492 after sailing the ocean blue in a quest to find a faster trade route to Asia. They wanted riches and the eternal glory of being really cool by discovering the better water highway to Asia.

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