Motives+and+Means

=__Exploration and Expansion__=

Motives and Means:
For almost a thousand years Europeans had remained isolated in one area of the world. By the end of the 15th century, however, they started to set out on voyages across the earth to new places. Europeans have always wanted to travel to Asia for trade of spices and silk. The Ottoman turks made it difficult to travel across land for trade, so people started looking at the sea for trade.

The three main motives for European exploration are " God, Glory, and Gold", their trade east for spices and silks. Also they wanted to find precious metals. They wanted to become rich off of the trade with other countries. 2. Second, Europeans believed that all should be the same religion as them. So they sent priest on the ships to try to convert other and natives to their religion. 3. Also explorers wanted the glory of discovering new places and new routes. They wanted to be loved when they got back with riches. These voyages were made possible because European monarchies had increased their resources and power. They used these to finance the voyages. Also Europe had reaches a new level of technology which allowed them to complete these voyages. Thus begining a new age of exploration.
 * 1) First, economic motives in Europe expansion was very large. They wanted to expand