Romans prompt military response to newly encountered enemies created an overseas empire that brought untold wealth and power to Rome. Rome expanded beyond the borders of Italy by conquering much of the Mediterranean region‚ including fighting a series of three wars (Punic Wars‚ McKay et al.‚ p. 151) with a fierce Mediterranean rival‚ the Carthaginians. The Second Punic War was a major turning point for Rome and its continued overseas expansion. The Romans drove the Carthaginians out of Spain‚ and then
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DBQ: The European Age of Exploration The European Age of Exploration was caused by the want for Asian goods‚ a fear of the Ottoman Empire‚ and to convert more people to Christianity. Accomplishments by the Europeans include gaining wealth‚ power‚ land‚ and knowledge‚ leading to the European Golden Age. The events that followed Vasco da Gama reaching India‚ and Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas‚ would not only change Europe‚ but would also lead to globalization. As the Ottoman Empire
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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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century‚ the empire of the Mongols was breaking up. That was the main reason why Europeans began to explore the world‚ but there are many reasons‚ for example‚ the western merchants were no longer able to be assured of safe conduct alongside the land routes. A different reason why they began to explore the world is the three G’s. God‚ gold and glory‚ God. Because Europeans always wished to grow in Christianity. Glory because European colonists and explorers would want to expand themselves‚ while the other
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The first European Americans When people think about the new world‚ they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese‚ for example‚ did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans‚ unlike Chinese or any other group of people‚ had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty‚ and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words‚ Europeans were motivated by “God‚ gold‚ and
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Ottoman Empire‚ recently defeated in World War I. Greek borders fell in 1922‚ giving Turkey the advantage. The two countries negotiated the terms of surrender‚ and decided the leave the border the same as before the war with the Treaty of Sevres. Turkey did not follow the treaty‚ and the Treaty of Sevres was abandoned for the Treaty of Lausanne‚ which was imposed by the Ottoman Empire and instituted the formal loss of Cyprus and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Turkey continues to invade Cyprus‚ claiming it as the
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It was clear from the Berlin Conference that the Europeans did not care about the African’s at all. They did not care about there opinion of the matter‚ even though it would affect the Africans the most. At around 1880 every European power wanted to colonize Africa. The started to do this because of the discovery of diamonds and gold in South Africa. Naturally as the European powers started to claim land things started to get tense. The countries in Europe started to fear war with themselves. To
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Have you ever wondered what made people colonize America? Think of this‚ if there was no reason for the European nations to sail to America‚ where would we be now? And a better question‚ who would we be? Back in 15th century‚ thirteen European nations sailed across the ocean to colonize the “New World”. Each colony came for one or all of these three reasons‚ God‚ Glory‚ and Gold. Some of the colonies came to the “New World” for God‚ or in other words religion. Some of them came to get away
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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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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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