How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect The Europeans

The Europeans were also known for being competitive and dealt with many wars. In 1494 there was a treaty that was signed by Portuguese and the Spanish which divided the new world which the west belonged to the Spanish and East belonged to Portugal.
Europe was going through many changes in their country with the French Revolution introduced the idea of the nation-state as an organizing concept for politics, the rise of Liberalism, the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked and acquired goods, art and religion, and new techniques for communication and organization gave rise to the concept of "the masses" as a political and economic force. So that being said, Europe was pretty much seeking the many more changes and wanted to make that global if they could. While sailing, they found the Americas that had many fortunes that the Europeans couldn’t pass so Cortes manipulated his way in and ended up in war with the Spanish and won. They tried going back towards the Native people but had to leave due to a betrayal with the Aztecs, but one of his men got one of them infected with small pox and with time spread which caused death and the food supply ran very low so starvation. This is when Cortes took his opportunity and attacked the Aztecs and won. They eventually took over their lands and rebuilt a new empire.
I believe that they wanted to also conquer Africa but instead just traded for goods, silver, and more slaves. I think it’s because they feared the many diseases that Africa/ns had. They also preferred that their lands were more accessible to the coast/rivers. They also noticed that Africa’s beliefs were Islamic which Europe was trying to enforce and have others embrace in