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    1. The desire to spread Christianity and obtain money led to European exploration. The European countries believed that they had a duty to convert non Christians all over the world. Merchants and traders traveled overseas to get spices and luxury goods from Asia.The trading of spices and luxury goods was a profitable business in Europe. Spices such as nutmeg‚ cinnamon and pepper were introduced during the Crusades. After the Crusades‚ the demand for spices increased‚ but their wasn’t enough of a

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    started their quest for oversea exploration and economic expansion. Exploration changed the society‚ with economic growth‚ first by discovering a new way to reach the trading center in India and then by conquering and colonizing the new world. There were many goals for early Spanish exploration from 1492-1548 and early English exploration from 1584-1648. Many goals of the early explorations of both the English and the Spaniards included economic prosperity‚ increased trade‚ new land for settlement‚ and

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    European Exploration and Conquest During the age of exploration Europe’s powerful nations greatly influenced numerous parts of the world. Britain‚ Spain‚ and France all took part in the rush to conquer newly discovered lands and other areas in Asia and the pacific. However‚ it didn’t just affect the lands that were being explored; it had a noticeable influence of the “mother” nations. New products were introduced‚ the European economy got a boost‚ new trading routs were opened‚ and new colonies

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    World history 2 1st quarter essay Tsuruko Terakawa 5th period A great period "European in 15th and 16th century" is known as "the Age of Exploration." However what caused this improvement? During this period‚ European increasing their knowledges and techniques‚ expanded their land‚ also led their country to become rich. The main cause for European exploration in 15th and 16th century was spirit of adventure follow by economic motives to a lesser extend religious motives. In the first

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    he result if European exploration in the early modern time period between 1450 and 1750 negatively impacted the foreign nations that it came in contact with by exhibiting various failed labor systems‚ countries restricting foreign interaction as well as trade and the rise of the Portuguese in the Atlantic Slave Trade. One effect of the expansion of Europeans was various unsuccessful labor systems in the Americas‚ Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish missionary‚ expressed his opinion about the

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    Exploration and Colonization (1492­1763)  1. Compare and contrast the impact that political‚ economic‚ and social factors had on  the development of TWO of the following regions: The Spanish Colonies‚ New  England‚ The Chesapeake‚ The Middle Colonies‚ The Southern Colonies.  New England Colonies­  ­ Most migrants were Puritans who believed in the “purification” of the Church of England  ­ The Great Awakening first began here and spread  ­ Lacked religious toleration and often banished dissenters 

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    Chapter 2: Europeans and the New World‚ 1492 – 1600 When humans entered the Iberian Peninsula almost 32000 years ago‚ the first civilization of Spain was formed. Since then‚ the country has traveled from an era of prehistoric Iberia to the Middle Ages to a rise as an empire and a member of the European Union . The main reason why Spain grew so much in power during the fifteenth century is because of a series of events that took place around that time. The first in such a series of events

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    early expansion and exploration of many Europeans made a huge impact on both Europe and the Americas in the age of naval advancement and the surge of conquests from across the sea. (pg. 359-360) Many western cultures in Europe had the desire and fantasy of the exotic external world they had yet to understand and know. (pg. 361) This desire‚ along with material‚ religious‚ and competitive motives‚ is what drew naval advancement and the will to expand and travel among various European countries. (pg. 360-361)

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    1. Discuss the European motives for expansion and colonization in the New World. There are many reasons that contributed to the expansion and colonization by Europeans into the New World. Europeans believed the New World a place to practice religion without religious persecution‚ a place to find plentiful resources and a place to start new. Many Europeans felt that they could colonize the New World without fear of religious persecution due to English and European Reformations. Protestant Reformation

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    in Europe has been sending explorers all over the world. Many of the explorers do what they are supposed to do and are successful in their voyages. However there are also explorers‚ or more specifically‚ conquistadors that have failed in the the missions given to them by the country for which they are exploring and conquering for. This poses the question of‚ is money being wasted by our leaders that could be used to better our countries? Many voyages that explorers have been going on seem to be a waste

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