Ap Euro Dbq Essay
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AP Euro
Age of European Explorations The renaissance’s curiosity helped pave the way for the European age of exploration, which took place from 1450 to 1525. There were many factors, including technological, economic, political, and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors, including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions, the commercial and price revolutions, the new monarchs, and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God, glory, and gold” paved the way for the age of exploration. The technological advances during the age of exploration allowed sailors to go much further much faster, therefore promoting the age. Prior to the 15th centuries, most ships being sailed were barge like, and very fragile. These were suitable for the Mediterranean, and were widely used by Portugal and Spain. However when the thought of traveling over the Atlantic Ocean came up, they …show more content…
The rise of nationalism intensified international competition between the European countries. They all wanted to be better then the next. To do this, monarchs sent explorers into the new world to discover trade routes and find pockets of wealth to further increase the nation’s status. They used this wealth to help colonization, as well as improving the public works of their country. Colonizing the new lands led to an even greater social standing, one that was brought by the country’s wealth and amount of land controlled. The monarchs want for power also led to an increase of funding maritime navigation research, which led for the explorers to be able to go further, faster. The explorers themselves were also a major factor of the exploration, for there was such an influx if people who wanted to leave a mark on the world, similar to renaissance thought, and what better a way then to glorify their country, especially by discovering new
AP Euro
Age of European Explorations The renaissance’s curiosity helped pave the way for the European age of exploration, which took place from 1450 to 1525. There were many factors, including technological, economic, political, and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors, including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions, the commercial and price revolutions, the new monarchs, and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God, glory, and gold” paved the way for the age of exploration. The technological advances during the age of exploration allowed sailors to go much further much faster, therefore promoting the age. Prior to the 15th centuries, most ships being sailed were barge like, and very fragile. These were suitable for the Mediterranean, and were widely used by Portugal and Spain. However when the thought of traveling over the Atlantic Ocean came up, they …show more content…
The rise of nationalism intensified international competition between the European countries. They all wanted to be better then the next. To do this, monarchs sent explorers into the new world to discover trade routes and find pockets of wealth to further increase the nation’s status. They used this wealth to help colonization, as well as improving the public works of their country. Colonizing the new lands led to an even greater social standing, one that was brought by the country’s wealth and amount of land controlled. The monarchs want for power also led to an increase of funding maritime navigation research, which led for the explorers to be able to go further, faster. The explorers themselves were also a major factor of the exploration, for there was such an influx if people who wanted to leave a mark on the world, similar to renaissance thought, and what better a way then to glorify their country, especially by discovering new