After Christopher Columbus journey to the new world, countries like England, Sweden, France, Netherlands, and Spain wanted to go to North America because of the fortunes, land, and for a north west passage to the trade riches of Asia. The Spanish were the first Europeans to settle in America, and their main priority was to take advantage of it, and take as much power as possible by extending their land. Spanish people just wanted to control everything, and be the most powerful country. This new world helped the Spanish expand, spread their religious beliefs, and aslo it helped them get wealthier, the new world gave them oppurtunities. In 1519 Hernando Cortes arrived at Mexico with 600 well armed soldiers with 17 horses, and cannons. He was a military leader who convinced Nahua people who ruled that region to join him. Cortes´s soilders had a big advantage because their weapons were more advanced. If you compare a bow …show more content…
In 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon, named a land La Florida, and for approximately 5 decades the Spanish explored La Florida for gold, but it wasn´t an easy thing to do. They had to battle the people who were already residents in that land, and there were a lot of diseases, and most of them had to starved to death, it wasn´t a good thing at all. Spain had to leave the explorations of Florida in 1562, the conditions were horryfying and they just couldn´t take it anymore. They weren´t successful in their economy. A few months later, some french settlers arrived at La Florida and they wanted to follow the steps of the Spaniards, and become rich and powerful just like them. When the Spanish noticed that there were French settlers that arrived at La Florida they reversed the decision of leaving Florida and returned just to order Pedro Menendez de Aviles, one of the fiercest warriors to kick the French out of that area