Discuss the motivations of european explorers and colonizers

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Assignment:

1. The smallpox epidemic that devastated the Inkan civilization was brought to Mesoamerica and South America by European colonizers. Discuss what European colonizers used to justify the violence and sickness they brought to Mesoamerica and South America.

2. A commonly held myth is that Europeans exploring the Americas/Western Hemisphere in the 15th and 16th centuries were primarily interested in creating complete maps of the globe, but this is untrue. Discuss the motivations of European explorers and colonizers.

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