Europeans were motivated to conquer the Americas largely because they wanted to:

God, gold, and glory motivated European nations to explore and create

Explanation:

500 books can be produced by one man and a printing press within 5 months, while a copyist can only produce one in the same amount of time

general allotment act (dawes act) february 8, 1887

amendment to the dawes act, february 28, 1891

commission to the five civilized tribes (dawes commission), march 3, 1893