Question

Explain the relationship between religion, commerce, and conquest at the beginning of European exploration and colonization.

Answer 1

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The Age of Exploration:

The Age of Exploration, also known as the Age of Discovery, covers European exploration during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Each expedition was financed by different groups and had different goals, but most goals could be categorized into the three categories of Gold, God, and Glory.

Answer 2

• Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.

• Religious motivations can be traced all the way back to the Crusades, the series of religious wars between the 11th and 15th centuries during which European Christians sought to claim Jerusalem as an exclusively Christian space.

• Europeans also searched for optimal trade routes to lucrative Asian markets and hoped to gain global recognition for their country.