Spain and Portugal attempted to lead the way in exploration and colonization in the 15th century. However, in the 16th century both England and France attempted to create colonies and conduct exploration in North America.
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Prince Henry helped lead Portugal in overseas exploration.
which rulers would lead European countries.
Close to Africa and facing the Atlantic, Spain, and Portugal were well-placed to lead the maritime expansion of Europe.then, portugal took the lead in 1419
Nearly every european nation has sought gold to pay for its war and help strenghten its armies
Expansion of European rule and power was a significant interest in the Age of Discovery. They mostly explored the New World in search of passages that were said to lead to Asia and the East Indies, its products, and some simply to find adventure. :)
It lead to the opening of the Atlantic
Italy is a modern European nation, so it does have technology, and always did have the technology of the age, in fact it lead technology in the Renaissance. Italy is founder member of G7 and G8, of Euratom, CEE and European Union...
At the rate its heading, possibly. Almost every nation in Europe shows signs of joining the European Union, although not right this minute, but later on.
Printing presses is correct in this case.... (Found in another website. people found it useful.)
1. The European imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.2. The widespread, global acceptance of the nation state as the ordering principle of global politics and economics.3. The development of sophisticated technologies of communication and record keeping.4. The expansion of economic interests beyond the regional and national to the global anf international.
political developments throughout the countries of Europe lead the societies to oceanic expansion because that was much easier then battling for gains that may not last. many countries were trying to expand their trade system because the trade system was the centerfold of all societies.
Increase in expansion affect the demand because more supply/expansion with constant demand will lead to excess in expansion which affect the demand.
A homograph for "nation" is "lead," as in the metal lead and to lead a group. A homograph for "say" is "bow," as in to bow down and a bow and arrow.
The discovery of the Americas