Age Of Exploration Dbq Essay

From 1450 to 1700, the world saw navigational advancements that led to a competition among Europe for the land and resources across the Atlantic Ocean, and how each country could profit from these discoveries. Europe’s Age of Exploration introduced new economic theories and practices that affected many countries thereafter by impacting economies on both a local and global scale. For more than two centuries, Western Europe’s Atlantic expansion brought economic prosperity specifically to Spain and England through each nation’s colonies and the introduction of slave labor. At the time of the Age of Exploration, Spain was one of, if not the, most powerful country when it came to navigation and colonization. After the Thirty Year’s War, Spain was no longer the most dominant European country, however, they were able to make up for their lack of immediate power through their explorers. Spain endorsed many famous travelers including Christopher Columbus, Francisco Pizarro, and Cortes, among others, who conquered indigenous empires and lands across the Atlantic. The Spanish monarchy was able to create colonies all over the New World, including places such as modern day Mexico and Florida. This expansion of land across North, Central, and South America economically …show more content…
The development of different luxury goods and other merchandise across the Atlantic fed into capitalism back in Europe, and ultimately allowed countries with colonies to flourish because of it. However, within this time period, Triangle Trade interconnected continents and islands with not only products, but ideas as well. The trade system became a complex, international way to spread concepts and thoughts, and during the next era of the Enlightenment, these relations would bring new social, political, and religious