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Religion:Christianity Background: Columbus was not from Spain but actually was Italian. He worked for the queen of Spain to set out in search of land. In addition this is where he later supposedly founded America first.
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Religion:Roman Catholic Background: Balboa was originally from Spain. He set out to discover the western seas with Rodrigo de Batistas. This is where he later found the Pacific Ocean.
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Religion:Roman Catholic Background: Cortés was originally from Spain. He accidentally went on an expedition in which later he found the Aztecs and their leader Montezuma.
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Religion:Roman Catholic Background: De Soto originally came from Spain. De Soto set out to which is now Florida to find gold which ended in a fruitless attempt.However he did find a path through the mountains in which he found fortune .
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Religion:Christianity Background: The pilgrims departed from England in search of new land. However their first few days there weren't great many people died and starved. Fortunately , things started tiring around when they started growing cash crops that brought in money.
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Religion: Puritan Background: The pilgrims left England in search of a better life. They wanted their own freedom of religion and they later found Plymouth.
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Religion: Christianity Background: These settlers originated from England. The settlers partnership with the Indians collapsed which later caused the Indians to go to war with the settlers. This was the last major effort by the Indians to drive out the English settlers.
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Religion: Roman Catholic Background: La salle was originally from France. He sailed up the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean in which he later found the Mississippi River Valley.
