Countries like France, England, and Spain were heavily involved in this era of exploration

​European Countries

The age of exploration took place between the 1400s and 1600s.

​The Age of Exploration

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Many Europeans wanted to capitalize, or take advantage, of the spice trade by finding a new route to Asia​

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Route To Asia

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Spanish explorers, like Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce De Leon, helped expand Spain's empire in the Americas to spread Catholicism

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Spain in the Americas

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French explorers helped claim MASSIVE amounts of land in modern-day U.S and Canada. France came to the U.S for Fur
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France in the Americas

​The First English colony in the U.S was Jamestown.
English came to escape religious persecution.
Settled in the Eastern U.S

​England in the Americas