Explorers

Explorers
Explorers are the reason that we, the American people, are able to live in this beautiful land from coast to coast and enjoy personal freedoms. However that was not the reason for the first expedition set out for America. Christopher Columbus landed in America in 1492. He was sent by Queen Isabella of Spain on a mission to find wealth in this foreign land. Columbus was not the only explorer to come to America in search of wealth. John Smith was another explorer sent by the Queen of England to travel to America in search of all the riches he could find. William Bradford came to America not in search for wealth, but for religious freedom. He wanted to create a pure society, and there is no better place to start one then on a pure new land. As Colonialism came to an end in 1650, so did the idea of using America as a piggy bank.
As the Enlightenment period began in 1651, a new breed of explorers began to express and explore their scientific knowledge. Benjami...