europeans expected natives to become slaves and they wanted to spread their religious beliefs
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The Europeans explored the New World with ships.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
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It was the other way around. The Europeans got foods/plants from the New World. Potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, corn are some of the new foods.
They didn't look for a new world. They stumbled upon it. They were looking for new trade routes to the known world.