Strayer University - HIS 104 Week 3 Quiz 1)On which modern-day location did Christopher Columbus's fleet first land in the New World?   Where did Christopher Columbus first land?     Which country established the first colonies in the Americas?     Which country initiated the era of Atlantic exploration?     What was the chief goal of the Puritans?     Where did the Protestant Reformation begin     Which of the following most drove the governments of European nation states in colonizing the Americas?   Why did diseases like smallpox affect Indians so badly?     Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?     How could Spaniards obtain encomiendas?     What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas?