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Why did colonists come to settle in new Spain?

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Most colonists from Spain came to the New World to expand and to find gold and get rich.
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The majority of New France colonists settled along the St Lawrence River. The reason they came to settle in new Spain is because there was not a lot of room left in New France and because since there was not a lot of room they came over to New Spain.
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