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What fundamental factors drew the europeans to the exploration, conquest, and settlement of the new world?

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The majority of European countries was relatively poor and they needed to find a new source of goods. So they tried to find a route to Asia to find its riches. Accidentally they reached to America (New World). And there were enough goods to improve economics.
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