What was hernando de soto main motivation for exploring the southern united states

The expedition of Hernando de Soto to the current states of Florida, Southeast (Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Alabama) and Middle South (Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas), which pursued the same objectives as Juan Ponce de León, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón and Pánfilo de Narváez, was an effort of conquest that with more than 600 men wandered throughout the Southeast and westward of the United States in search of gold, silver and a passage to China.

the correct answers are: 1) lay and collect taxes and duties; 2) pay debts; 5) borrow money;   6) regulate commerce with foreign nations.

article 1, section 8. refers to the powers of congress. according to the united states constitution: “the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.”