History August 14‚ 2014 Motives‚ Problems‚ and Rewards of European Exploration European expansion in the 1400’s was an unforeseen event that changed everything. This age endowed Europe to control something it never thought it could. With the persuasion of firm motives‚ the Europeans and their countries endured troublesome problems and prospered with advantageous rewards during the age of exploration and expansion. What provoked European countries in the early fifteenth century to send their men
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The European Age of Exploration was very beneficial to not only Europe but also the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Asia. Although the European Age of Exploration was said to have come about for the purpose of finding or discovering new spices‚ that was not the only reason. The Europeans also set out to find new trade routes that went around the Ottoman’s territory and this exploration lead to the European Golden Age because it brought Europe out of the “Dark Ages.” Europe was facing what was known as the
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The two nations leading worldwide exploration are Spain and Portugal. There were many reasons that made Spain and Portugal the forerunners of worldwide exploration. Spain and Portugal‚ both located off the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a geographical advantage over other nations. This Peninsula allowed easy access into the Atlantic‚ which made it much easier to launch expeditions to the Americas. Spain and Portugal both sought out economic growth which led them to seek out new trade routes‚ leading to resources
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The Black Death was an unfortunate human tragedy devastating Europe in the fourteenth century wiping out 65% of the population. (Pollard‚ 384) However‚ it transformed European society for the better. The Black Death marked the beginning of an era. It was the Black Plague that spurred an “outpouring of cultural achievement…” (Pollard‚ 402) and revived political and economic stability that would later be known as the Renaissance. (Carlisle) Originating in Asia‚ the Black Plague infected peoples from
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Final Study Guide: American History 1st Topic: European Exploration and Colonization of North America. Mayflower Compact * Was an agreement signed by all of the pilgrim men which said that they would remain loyal to the king and. * They would have just and equal laws * It provides the foundation for American democratic government Jamestown (Important to Know England sent a crew to establish a colony in America; they settled near the Chesapeake Bay and named it Jamestown after
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European Explorations European exploration was promoted by factors economic‚ technologic‚ political‚ and religious in different ways. The Treaty of Lodi and the invasion in Italy was a political factor. Portugal’s quest to China and the Spice Islands was an economic factor. New weaponry and sailing aide that was being created was a technological factor. A religious factor was the insistence to Christianize the people. All these factors were promoted from about 1450 to about 1525. The Treaty
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and crops‚ new source of labor‚ and new land for the European nations. The consequences for the native people of the Americas were much worse with devastating death tolls‚ enslavement‚ new diseases and racist attitudes towards them. Though it would not be fair to say that the Europeans did not share in negative consequences or that the indigenous people did not gain any advantages. The greatest negative consequences for the Europeans due to the European expansion are a devastating economic revolution
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Name 09/23/14 World History The Economic and Political Causes of European Exploration and Colonization By 1400s‚ European countries began to dominate the globe with trade and advanced technologies. England‚ Spain‚ France and Portugal emerged as the strongest nations in the 1400s and 1500s. For reasons separate for each‚ the dominant European powers desired to expand their reign beyond Europe. Europeans began exploring various economic reasons‚ but they did not want to set up colonies right away
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consequences of European exploration around the world. European exploration spread culture around many parts of the world‚ even into new continents that were not previously known about. While the Europeans traded with other countries and people‚ became rich‚ and spread their culture‚ they also made others suffer for their own good. They took over other peoples‚ sometimes forcing them to convert to Christianity while spreading their own territory. The original motives for exploration were wealth‚ power
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the many other transformations: social‚ political and cultural of the early modern age. By 1500‚ the population in most areas of Europe was increasing after two centuries of decline or stagnation. The infamous Black Death of 1347 - 50 principally accounts for the huge losses‚ but plagues were recurrent‚ famines frequent‚ wars incessant‚ and social tensions high as the Middle Ages ended (Voigtländer and Voth 2013:2). The late medieval disasters radically transformed the structures of European society
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