During the early 1400s‚ several factors spurred an age of European exploration. The three main factors were the desire to acclaim wealth‚ the goal of spreading Christianity‚ and advanced sailing technology. Being wealthy was one of the biggest reasons that spurred exploration back then. Overseas‚ there were many countries to exchange luxury goods with. It was a profitable business in Europe‚ merchants and traders would be able to make wealth. Thanks to the Crusades‚ introduction to spices enhanced
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The significant motive for early European explorations across the Atlantic was the dream of enormous riches. Initially‚ Portuguese and Spanish explorers and merchants were interested in exploiting lands in Africa search of silver and gold. In order to this they had to develop new vessel technology to take them there. This started a chain of happy accidents that would later help Atlantic Europe discover and conquer the new world. As more exploration was done‚ the Spanish were able to locate material
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to European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European Exploration. Europeans
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European Colonization on the Comanche Tribe European colonization had a big effect on the Comanche tribe and other Native Americans. Due to the introduction of many different things it changed the way they live‚ hunt and see things from their own perspective. In a way it is good that the Europeans found the Native Americans for our sake‚ as to the discovery of new foods‚ people etc but for the Comanche’s it wasn’t such a good thing. The most shocking and unexpected effect that could have happened
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Colonization on Africa has Pros and cons. The Pros are that the europeans got resources they didn’t have and‚ got people to work for them. But the cons are that the africans have less resources and had a huge decrease in population. Europeans colonized Africa for a couple reasons. One reason they colonized Africa because they wanted to start a trade with people in Africa. This is because Europeans knew africa was loaded with good resources that Europeans don’t have. For example‚ gold‚ cocoa‚ bauxite
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Causes and Effects of World Hunger There are many causes and effects for World Hunger. One cause of world hunger is the political condition. Another cause for world hunger is the economic conditions. World hunger is also cause by the environmental conditions. Whenever‚ there is a war the food production actually stops and so does the marketing. The food supplies are often given to the soldiers during a war and the children actually suffer from health issues as a result of the lack of food
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European Colonization of the Americas It is largely believed that the Vikings were the first citizens to arrive in the Americas. They were a Scandinavian tribe of explorers that migrated from Greenland setting up several colonies in their travels. Following the exploration of the Vikings Christopher Columbus “founded” the Americas. The journey of Columbus to the continent made way for the rapid expansion of the Americas by European settlers. During the 19th century around 50 million people left
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self-opinion on Church/Christianity‚ human suffering‚ and the effects/impacts of European discovery of the New World. In the book‚ events all slowly work at Candide’s optimistic up bringing by Pangloss (the apostle of optimism) until he no longer has faith in having a world where “all things are arranged for the best (Voltaire‚ 12)”. By the end of the book his opinion changes to that “we must cultivate
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conquests‚ expansions‚ and innovations‚ which affected much of the rest of the world. In particular‚ the European conquest of the New World was very significant‚ as it expanded their empire overseas so that they ruled over part of the eastern hemisphere as well as the Western. Throughout history‚ Europe continued to build and expand their empire‚ influencing many other areas‚ such as the Americas during the Age of Exploration‚ which started around the early 15th century. In 1492‚ Italian explorer
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Spain was the power house of the world during the 1500’s to 1650’s with the best navy in the world and the richest country thanks to the colonization of the New World or America. I think the Colonization of the New World in America was very worth it because we were able to get more land and slave for our kingdom and we got resources are scarce or never exist in Europe. America helped a lot to get us almost to the top of the world. Now my kingdom has more land and we are able to spread my people
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