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God-Gold-GloryMotivation for
European exploration and conquest of the
Americas.
Pocahontas
Conquistadors
Spanish soldiers and explorers who came to the Americas in search of
wealth and land.
Columbian Exchange
The transfer of plants, animals, slaves, and diseases between the Americas
and Europe beginning with the voyages of Columbus
Settlement
A small community or village of settlers who establish political control in a new
place
Expedition
A journey (trip) by a group of people to explore unknown
places, usually involving some danger or risk.
Explorer
A person who travels to discover new places
Colony
A group of people who leave their native country and settle
in a new land ruled by or connected with the parent
nation
Mission
Religious settlement established by the Spanish to
spread Catholicism in the Americas.
Viceroy
A person who rules a colony for a king or
queen like a governor.
La Belle
Last ship of the failed La Salle expedition which was shipwrecked in a
storm.
Commission
Assignment or permission given to someone in order
to carry out a task.
1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish explorer, was the first known
European to explore and map the Texas coastline.
Alonso Alvarez
de Pineda
The first explorer and first European to see and map the Gulf of Mexico and the
coast of Texas.
Francisco Coronado
Spanish explorer that was sent to the American Southwest to search for Gold and the Seven
Cities of Gold.
Cabeza de Vaca
First European to explore what is now Texas and the
southwestern US
Sieur de LaSalle
French explorer sent to establish a French colony on
the Mississippi River
Catholicism
The Christian church of which the pope of Rome is the supreme
head
Fort St. Louis
First French colony established in the Americas by French explorer, Sieur de
La Salle.