EUROPEAN Exploration [AP World History Review] Unit 4 Topic 2

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In this video Heimler explains the motivations and causes for sea-based exploration (especially European) from 1450-1750. Essentially the age of exploration can be explained by three causes: gold, God, glory (and not necessarily in that order).

Because of the dominant economic system of Europe—mercantilism—states desired to gain more wealth in the form of gold and silver. Because Christianity was a missionary religion Europeans explored distant lands in order to make conversions. And finally, the pursuit of international glory meant claiming distant lands and ruling over large empires.

In this video we’ll look briefly at how the following states built their sea-based empires: Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands.

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