It contributed to the spread of Renaissance ideas by allowing authors to cheaply and quickly make copies of their books.
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Many Europeans moved to the colonies to get rich by producing sugar
When it was invented in the 15th century, the printing press revolutionized the way Europeans saw their world. It allowed information to be disseminated to a large group of people quickly. The printing press helped spread ideas about religion and politics to people who had never before had access to this sort of information.
The immediate effect of the printing press was to multiply the output and cut the costs of books. It thus made information available to a much larger segment of the population who were, of course, eager for information of any variety. Libraries could now store greater quantities of information at much lower cost. Printing also facilitated the dissemination and preservation of knowledge in standardized form -- this was most important in the advance of science, technology and scholarship. The printing press certainly initiated an "information revolution" on par with the Internet today. Printing could and did spread new ideas quickly and with greater impact.
It has allowed cultures to spread quickly and easily from one country to another.
Huge numbers of American native peoples died from European diseases.