https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0 The Social and Economic Effects. God, Gold, and Glory, defied all other reasons of the intentions of European exploration. From it's religious intentions, to growth in wealth, to individual power, without these three clauses, there would be no reason of exploration. en-us 2023-09-18 16:16:43 UTC 2023-09-19 16:29:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/492362429/2cd26927145b5df3efdd07501f6937e6/10089731.png https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709151711 After the conquest of Constantinople, exploration drived the European Powers of Portugal and Spain to fine another route for the Spice Trade instead of making trade flow through Constantinople. In this way they could find more trade routes, fuel their curiosity about the world, and weaken the Ottoman Turks.

Wealth fueled the Church with funds however it didn't exactly do much for missionaries. However if missionaries couldn't pay for their own food and other expenses the Church would cover their cost and since wealth and money fueled the church, colonization may have involuntarily allowed for the Church to grow stronger.]]> 2023-09-18 16:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709151711 liumengrob https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709154400 Using religion as a pretext to discover and spread the word of god, European countries expedited to different parts of the world. Spain and Portugal paved the way for catholicism to spread to modern day countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and more. ]]> 2023-09-18 16:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709154400 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709165269 The desire for glory and immortalization among these Spanish conquistadors led the likes of Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro to conquer American civilizations such as the Aztecs and the Incas. And it worked. In the end, Cortes and Pizarro will be remembered, maybe for violently destroying these American civilizations, but they will still be remembered.]]> 2023-09-18 16:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709165269 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709176154 2023-09-18 16:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709176154 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709177278 ,]]> 2023-09-18 16:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709177278 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709177847 The Pikeman Helmet is an example of glory because of its association of war. It resembles power, and its technological advantage over the natives.]]> 2023-09-18 16:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709177847 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709178101 2023-09-18 16:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709178101 liumengrob https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709178813 Pilgrims, English people who escaped to America also because of religion, wanted freedom from the English rule. Some escaped to the Netherlands, but most escaped to the Americas. Setting up the "Plymouth Colony", it resided 160 people who later defied their homeland under the name of god.]]> 2023-09-18 16:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709178813 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709188683 This cross shows that the Spanish conquistadors were able to convert some of the natives to Christianity, which was ultimately one of the goals of these conquistadors. ]]> 2023-09-18 16:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709188683 liumengrob https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709195740 Silver soon became one of the main reasons to colonize and explore. Mainly because of the inevitability of silver, and it allowed for trade to pass through China who only accepted silver.

Arable land became a main drive for Europeans to explore the New World, allowing them to expand plantations, agriculture, and begin a new life in the New World as well as allowing for grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, and cocoa to be shipped back to Europe in order to feed it's own population.

Wealth created prestige as European rulers rode off the deep end of their vast amounts of silver, food, and gold. Wealth was a sign of status and power, allowing European Powers to leverage their wealth over others and dominate the continent.]]> 2023-09-18 16:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709195740 https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709196661 While the natives only had bows and arrows and sometimes even no fighting experience, the Spanish conquistadors had access to gunpowder and other powerful weapons which allowed them to dominate the native civilizations when it came to warfare.]]> 2023-09-18 16:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2709196661 liumengrob https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2711177784 2023-09-19 16:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2711177784 liumengrob https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2711178348 2023-09-19 16:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/liumengrob/2mypc4df9x6nggc0/wish/2711178348