PERSPECTIVE Why did Europeans want
to own different parts of North America? How did
Europeans try to claim ownership of the land?
Would this method work today?
They ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain colonized America because they were searching for gold and silver. They did find a lot of gold and silver when they conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. France colonized North America because of the great amount of furs they found there.
