Child in need of help Please help me. Identify the statement that CORRECTLY describe a reason for European exploration and settlement of North America in the 1500s and 1600s.
A. Spain founded the first permanent European colony in North America.
B. Some colonies were founded in an attempt to find gold in North America.
C. Conquistadores helped to spread French power in the "New world"
D. European colonization of North America was inspired by economic and political competition.