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1. Can someone help me with some of these questions?

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i need help writing paragraph for these questions?
1. What was life like for the diverse inhabitants of the Americas prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1492?

2. What role did slavery play in West African societies prior to European involvement and the development of the transatlantic slave trade? What were some of the crucial differences between the traditional African slave system and the transatlantic slave trade that would develop after the 15th century?

3. What were some of the most important political, social, economic, and religious factors that fueled European interest in exploration and colonization in the 15th century?

4. What were Christopher Columbus’s goals as he set out on his voyage of 1492? Who funded his expedition, and why?

5. What did Columbus end up accomplishing? Was he the first European to do this? What did Columbus believe he had accomplished? Why do you think Columbus gets the credit for the “discovery” of the Americas?

6. What motivated the Spanish conquistadors? What crucial factors allowed the Spanish (and eventually Europeans in general) to dominate, conquer, and colonize the New World?

7. What was the Columbian Exchange, and what were some of its most important outcomes?

8. Which European nations were primarily involved in the colonization of the New World? How did European activity in the New World reflect the ongoing tensions and competition between European nations?

9. What were some of the results of England’s early attempts at the exploration and colonization of the New World?

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4. Christopher Columbus convinced the monarchs of Spain to finance his expedition to find a sea route west to the riches of the Indies (which is where he thought he landed at first and why he named the Native Americans, Indians).

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6. Gold, gems, knowledge and power.
7. They exchanged knowledge, ideas, animals, plants,(and diseases, considering that those diseases killed 8/10 indians)