Why was the New World desires by Spain and Britain

The Spanish, the French and the English all sought to gain power and riches from exploration and settlement in the new world. Most of the time, this meant that they were unkind to the Native Americans as they took land, forced religion and altered their "uncivilized" culture.

From 1492 to the 1800s, Spanish explorers were the bullies of the New World. ... Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in 1492 after sailing the ocean blue in a quest to find a faster trade route to Asia. They wanted riches and the eternal glory of being really cool by discovering the better water highway to Asia.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.

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