Effects of European Expansion In the 1400s, the age of exploration began with countries sailing around the seas in search of new land, trade routes, and goods/resources that could help their nations prosper. In the 1440s, the Europeans became more motivated to become explorers due to their navigational skills and their ship designs becoming more advanced from contact with other powerful nations who were exploring such as China. Their other big motivations were to spread the word of God, to become wealthier from extracting gold, and to become more powerful in general. These motivations are what inevitably lead to the discovery of new trade routes to other countries and completely new lands like the Americas. The Europeans exploration and expansion had many major impacts, both positive and negative, on the world as a whole. It led to the …show more content…
These aspects had a more positive effect on our global world. However, an unfortunate but incredibly significant effect of the European expansion was the spread of diseases across the world. This led to dramatic drops in populations everywhere and even in some cases, wiped out cultures completely. Overall, these effects of European expansion are all important aspects in the understanding of our world’s global history. As stated above, the introduction of new animals to new lands had a significant effect on the world. Europeans and Africans transported animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs to the Americas which provided them with a new source of food, wool, and hides. Inevitably this led to economic growth within the Americas. However, the introduction of these animals mentioned above also resulted in discord due to the
Introducing Europe to the New World The introduction of Europeans to the New World created specific challenges for the Native Americans and the environment. Theories on the impacts and successes during the settling and colonization of North America varied over time as early explorers reported back to their home countries, granted that the explorers wanted to portray success to gain more money and exploration opportunities. European nations used widely different methods for founding new colonies based on their country of origin and political status. Significant changes made to the New World revolved around the introduction of European colonials and the push for British expansion, thus creating conflict and dissent with the decline of Native
Spain, Egland, France, and Portugal capitalized on the Americas in order to gain Imperialist growth. These countries sought imperial growth to gain riches, spread their religious beliefs, and exploit natural resources and natives.(31) A great example of how the Europeans Imperialistic growth benefited their country is Spains conquest in the early 1600's. During which time they used Native labor to mine gold and silver that filled their ships. They also sent priest to spread catholicism to their conquered Natives.
Finally, one of the most significant factors to why Europe arose was because of the fall of China. Undeniably, China was far advanced and wealthier than any country in Europe for thousands of years. In this secondary
This global transformation would reshape world relations and the roles of different regions. New Imperialism from 1800 to 1914 caused long lasting negative and positive impacts centering in the territories of Europe,
While the Europeans brought various economically positive things and the Spaniards brought domesticated animals along with Christianity each group had more economical beneficial things to trade with or share amongst each other. This included the Mediterranean trade and European expansion as well as the Portugese
The direct encounter between the European explorers and the native population had had consequences on numerous issues and their interaction led to dominance of the ideas and beliefs. In the context of Columbian Exchange, the old world, roughly consisting of the western countries gained in a number of ways-discoveries of new supply of metals and new prosperous crops and vast arable land (Qian, 2010). The consequences from their interaction gave rise to the improvement in trade as a result of exploring new routes to promote trade and the scientific exploration which eventually allowed Europe to stand out in the global system in the late 17th century. However, along with those improvements, there are many negative consequences that arose as a result of European exploration that still have devastating impacts on the world system today and which are still highly debated
Prior to the discovery of the New World the Atlantic World consisted of simply Europe and Africa. This groundbreaking discovery introduced a brand new land that offered many amazing materials and crops that would change history forever. New animals such as horses, sheep, and cattle altered the Native Americans way of life to have a more nomadic approach and the introduction of brand new crops from the Americas changed the European diet. The European contact that took place in the Americas had many negative repercussions that changed both Europe and the Americas forever, however there are many positive changes that revolutionized both cultures and continents in a way that shaped their futures’. New technologies, crops, animals, and materials
The new crops also provided a new trade. Europeans were able to spread the new crops and in return earn profit and form a new trading and economic system. The natives seemed to have much more positive impact on the Europeans than they had on the
David Moline Mr. VanRuyven Social Science 27 April 2023 Westward Expansion “Manifest Destiny is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. ”(History, 1). This belief that America was destined by God means they could do no wrong. This caused westward expansion in America to be a time of war, struggle, death and new opportunity. Although this was a violent time it also allowed for positive change; opportunity for money, a new life, and a chance to build a legacy from nothing.
During the early 1400’s European exploration initiated changes in technology, farming, disease and other cultural things ultimately impacting the Native Americans and Europeans. Throughout Columbus’ voyages, he initiated the global exchange that changed the world. The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New World began soon after Columbus returned to Spain from the Americas. These changes had multiple effects, that were both positive and negative. Although the Columbian Exchange had numerous benefits and drawbacks but the drawbacks outweighs the benefits.
The plethora of causes for the European Age of Exploration include the fall of Constantinople, the idea of mercantilism, and the yearn to further disseminate Christianity. Consequently, a surge in European power, more institutions of finance, as well as social improvements to peasants and woman were all accomplished during this age. Back in the “Dark Ages” of Europe, the European way of life was mainly poor and hard for most people/peasants. With more riches after the Bubonic Plague from less competition, the Fall of Constantinople helped promote all the causes and accomplishments of the European Age of Exploration.
Plants such as tobacco, maize, beans, tomatoes, and especially the lowly potato eventually revolutionized the international economy as well as the European diet. In exchange, the Europeans introduced Old World crops and animals to the Americas. Over time, the variety of crops and foods widened for both the Europeans and the Natives -- as they were also, more accessible. The Natives were introduced to the firearms by Europeans and traded with them, whenever possible, since the nature of hunting and
The Aftermath of European Exploration The controversial topic of European exploration of the Americas is often times debated on. Some people say that the European exploration was a devastating event and its cons outweigh its pros. On the other hand some people say that without the European exploration the Americas would have never been colonized and become as developed as it did. Both sides of the argument have their pros and cons but some things that happened are facts and can’t be debated. European explorers started a movement called the European exploration of the Americas and this essentially caused the Americas to be colonized and develop.
In conclusion, imperialism had countless negative effects on the world today. It resulted in slave trade, caused cultures to be destroyed and took away countries’ natural resources. Had it not been for imperialism, the world today would consist of more diverse cultures with less discrimination and countries would be able to use their resources as they
While the colonization of the America’s was negative for many reasons such as the spread of illnesses, and the forcing of religion upon natives, it was also beneficial to the Native’s because it allowed them to have better weapons and to have different foods and goods in their lives. The Europeans exposed the Natives to many new diseases once they colonized the new areas they discovered. The Europeans greatly impacted the family life and religion of the inhabitants of the areas they found. There was also a lot of exchange going on during the conquest of the Americas because the Natives were excited by the new gadgets they had never seen before that the Europeans brought over.