The Age Of Exploration And Its Effects On Economic And Political Power

This led to a focus on a trading system because Europeans didn’t want to take on territorial responsibilities. During the Old imperialism era, Europeans set up trading posts, ports, and docks. These trading centers benefited the places the mother country was supplying too. They had objectives to protect their trading centers in native places and none to obtain territories in them. Europe’s trade within and between native lands led to cultural diversity which may have caused a small breach in unity. However, the old Imperialism era ended due to high costs in taking over territories and too much time to supply the mother country. There was no time to build up a superior, organized, skilled army for anyone. Also, due to the Industrial Revolution there was now a faster more efficient way to create and manufacture products. Throughout Western Europe, political authority was completely controlled by central governments, while leaders, such as Isabela I, were busy with the concept of how to increase the power of the state. National wealth was widely viewed as the groundwork of national power, governmental controls soon dominated nearly all of the state's domestic economy.

The innovation of maritime technology has revolutionized travel throughout history. Prior to ships and sea travel, humans were separated by vast oceans and confined to their homeland for life. Because of these large boundaries, discoveries and inventions were only shared within land masses and trade as a whole was very limited. This uncharted, inaccessible territory caused a major separation of mankind. However, these oceans sparked curiosity and desire for explorers to venture beyond their native land. This curiosity was the driving force to the invention of naval travel, a highly important and massive step for all growing communities during the Age of Exploration. Maritime technology’s advancements through history greatly aided in the Age of Exploration, allowing provinces to break their land boundaries and make monumental steps towards the advanced world humans populate today.

Economic forces such as the desire for more resources, capitalism, a new consumer market, and a cheap labor were most responsible for the new imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It played a big role in Europe's nation. Like in document 1, "The makers of cotton and iron goods have been very much interested in imperialism", which shows that they desired more resources. Like in document 5, William L. Langer says "The economic side....must not be allowed to obscure the other factors. Phychologically speaking,...evolutionary teaching was perhaps most crucial", meaning that the economy shouldn't be allowed to hide other things.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions, Andres Dorantes, Alonzo del Castillo Maldonado, and Estevan were the sole survivors of a four hundred men expedition. The group of them went about the friendly Indian tribes preforming miracles of healing, with the power of Christianity. At one time five sick persons were brought into the camp, and the Indians insisted that Castillo should cure them. At sunset he pronounced a blessing over the sick, and all the Christians united in a prayer to God, asking him to restore the sick to health, and on the following morning there was not a sick person among them. De Vaca and his companions reached the Pacific coast where the Indians, showed signs of civilization, living in houses covered with straw, wearing cotton clothes and dressed skins, with belts and ornaments of stone, and cultivating their fields, but had been driven therefrom by the brutal Spanish soldiery and had taken refuge in the mountains, de Vaca and his comrades, being regarded as emissaries from the Almighty, exercised such power over these untutored savages that, at their bidding, the Indians returned to their deserted habitations, and began again to cultivate their fields, the assurance being given them by de Vaca and his companions that henceforth they would

During the late 1800s, industrialization transformed many nations into advanced societies through the improvements of science, technology, industry, and transportation. Not only had had industrialization created great progression throughout the globe, but it also sparked the desire to build empires overseas, obtain more natural resources, and generate new markets for trade. This is also very commonly known as imperialism. Soon, an intense scramble began between seperate powers and countries became hungry for more political and economic control. However, not all countries faced the same strengths to expand leading to shameful colonization of the existing weaker nations. During the nineteenth century, those who faced

In, the age of exploration, the Old World’s and the New World’s ideologies clashed. The Old World introduced their many advancements in technology with the indigenous nations. However, the explorers and settlers also introduced new weapons of mass destruction and many new diseases to the Natives. The Spanish and Portuguese were the first European powers to come to the New World. The Spanish came to modern day Central America and interacted with many of the indigenous tribes, including a tribe called the Aztecs. The Spanish went to war with the Aztecs and prevailed because of their advanced weaponry, the help of the other tribes who were enemies of the Aztecs, and diseases that wiped out many of the Native population.

Overseas trade suddenly grew as the new colonies in the Americas began producing wealth in the 16th and 17th century. New business and trade systems formed with this cause and are essentially the root of financial deals. Capitalism grew as

The Age of Exploration was the time for many great discoveries to rise. There was a great amount of growth for the Europeans as well. At this time period, there was a great deal of decline for the Native American people. Some of these European explorers tried to help others as well as themselves along the journey. Other Europeans helped themselves while making others suffer for their lives. A person who can be described as this is Hernando Cortes. Cortes was born around 1485 at Medellin, Spain. He is mainly known for defeating the Aztec empire and claiming Mexico for Spain. Although he claimed a piece of land for Spain, I believe that Cortes does not deserve to be called a great leader. He destroyed the Aztec civilization and wiped out

During this late time period around the 1400s there were many things that occurred that caused the age of exploration. The Age of Exploration was a birth that began with the discovery of new technologies and new trade routes. This sparked the beginning of new wars between European countries.

During the age of exploration, European empires would primarily compete with the new technologies arising along with the newfound techniques that enabled exploration and ventures to colonies. European empires, especially the Portuguese, would need to look for improvements in naval technology, navigation, and artillery. When Columbus returned from the newfound lands with small samples of gold, those who had the advantage of overseas travel had high hopes that they, too, would discover areas of gold and could quickly capitalize on these sources of wealth offered by the New World. The most significant competition would be, who can reach these new lands first? Empires with the best naval technology, navigation, and artillery

The Industrial Revolution and nationalism shaped the European society in the nineteenth century, imperialism dramatically changed the world in the conclusion. “European states established vast empires mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and the Middle East” (The Age of Imperialism). European nations pursued aggressively to the expansion policy and were motivated by economic needs that were created by the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution quickened the pace of changes as science, technology, and industry drove economic growth. Improvements in steel production revolutionized transportation and shipbuilding.

The ottomans were the reason the age of exploration started. They took over europe's trade routes. SInce they couldn't trade, they were in no contact with goods and could not manage wealth. Europe was now turning poor. They knew they had to do something. They started exploring looking for more trade routes

In earlier centuries Europe was virtually unable to trade their goods in global commerce. The goods that the Europeans could provide were crude and undesirable compared to the luxuries that came from Asia or China. Once new technology poured into Europe that allowed them to produce goods quicker they became a popular place and people wanted their goods. This allowed the Europe to become industrialized which is what they based their economy off of in the later 1700s. As demand increased for their goods Europe’s economy improved and remained the same for the duration of the Industrial Era.

The Age of Exploration, or sometimes known as the Age of discovery, began in the 1400s and continued throughout the 1700s. These expeditions took a great deal of man power, money, and technology. Many ships were only able to cover about one hundred miles a day, making the duration of these voyages long, taking years to complete. During this period Europeans began to explore various parts of the world via sea. Most of the men did not join these voyages willingly, they were forced into service and worked around the clock minding the ships they were on.

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, European countries such as France, Portugal, Britain and Spain, all have economic development due to the impact of many different mercantile policies. These policies simply are in place to allow trade to be prominent within nations so that the economic growth can flourish. Countries try to gain economic power through many different devices, without thinking about the repercussions this may have on other nations and other economic giants. They strive for economic dominance not simply economic growth. This is the main idea behind mercantilism, gaining money and riches, is the main thing needed for economic development is to gain more from exports, where they send goods to other countries more than they take goods from other countries to make a clear profit margin and therefore insight economic growth.