As everyone knows, being in the car for 10 minutes is not a big deal â but a 10 hour drive will suck the life out of you. That means we all use time to understand distance. Buffalo is an hour away from where I live in Rochester. New York City, however, is 5 1/2 hours.
Columbus' intention was to reach the Indies, this is actually how  Indians A.K.A. native Americans received their names.Columbus  thought they were from the Indies so he calâ¦led them Indians.   His purpose for going to the Indies was to prove that their was a  faster route that Spain could use to trade with them.
(Answer #1). The three reasons the Spanish had for colonizing are usually listed as gold, god, and glory.. Gold meant that one of the goals of Spanish colonization was to find gold or to otherwise get economic benefits from the colonies.God meant that one of their goals was to spread Christianity. This was a goal that they emphasized very strongly at least in their rhetoric.Answer #1). The three reasons the Spanish had for colonizing are usually listed as gold, god, and glory.. Gold meant that one of the goals of Spanish colonization was to find gold or to otherwise get economic benefits from the colonies.