Competency is your level of skill or knowledge in some subject or field
Gold, silver, and furs attracted European exploration, colonization, and competition in the New World.Spanish successes in the Caribbean attracted the attention of other European nations. Like Spain, France was a Catholic nation and committed to expanding Catholicism around the globe. Jacques Cartier claimed northern North America for France, naming the area around the St. Lawrence River New France. Like many other explorers, Cartier made exaggerated claims about the area’s mineral wealth and was unable to send great riches back to France or establish a permanent colony.
farmers began to look for alternative, cheaper sources of bonded labor.Slavery started in the colonies because the colonists needed cheap labor to grow the economy quickly by exporting things to England and some parts of Europe.
