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age of exploration - columbus

colonism speeds up

age of explortaion - europeans raced for overseas

colonies - growth of european commerce and trade

worldwide - commercial revolution

interlude - late 1700s late 1800s

europeans were preoccupied with happenings on the european continent and iin the existing european colonies

  • american rvolution

  • french revolution

  • napoleonic wars

  • latin american wars of independance industrial revolution

imperialism

  • beigining arounf 1875

  • renewed race for colonies

  • spurred by needs created by industrial revolution

  • new remarks for finished goods

  • new source of raw materials

nationalism

colonies = economics abd political powers