In the 1400s-1500s, Europeans wanted to find new paths to the Orient for two reasons. One of the reasons is to find closer routes to trade with, at the time, Europe had little gold throughout their whole country. They had decided that gold and other goods were a necessity rather than a delicacy. With this bad judgment, Europe traded away most of the country's gold just for spices and other unnecessary goods, and Europe went into a depression. The other reason for trying to find a new path to the Orient was that Europe wanted to spread Christianity. European explorers believed that if they went on explorations, that they could find riches for themselves and their countries, and they could also spread their religion to others.
European slavery
European slavery