Their accounts of their travels publicized the newly found region of the west and aroused interest in people contemplating the possibilities. By the 1840's, expansion was at its highest. Manifest Destiny was the reason for the revived interest in territorial expansion. With a sense of mission, people were tempted by the boundless tracts and sparsely settled land lying just beyond the borders of their country. There was also the growing desire to develop trade with the Far East.
Another sub-factor of ideology was Religion where the Europeans set out on excursions to convert from other nations and discovered colonies to Christianity. The nations of Spain and Portugal strong Catholics were well known for these excursions. Another sub-factor under ideology, and one of the main reasons for their voyages was Colonialism. This idea was born out of the theory which idealized economic growth through trades and control. Another broad factor that influenced these excursions was Infrastructure.
Jeff Kaetzel Fall 2012 Alexander II and the Emancipation of the Serfs Alexander II emancipated the serfs in 1861 primarily because of his deep religious convictions. Religion played a key role in Alexander II’s decision to emancipate the serfs because it served as an avenue through which he could address the pressures he faced from both his advisors and the sociopolitical developments in Russian society. The emancipation of the serfs was not a new concept in Russia. Alexander II used the previous autocrats’ push towards emancipation as a platform to launch his own emancipation efforts. He was able to utilize the previous autocrats’ work as a springboard for his reign to complete the act of emancipating the serfs.
A new benefit that came from this was a more effective collection of royal taxes. Monarchy revived the urban police which helped keep bandits and crime to a minimum. When Ferdinand and Isabella conquered Granada they said that all must convert from their Jewish or other faith to Christianity. In order to ensure that the followers were converting faiths as told the Spanish Acquisition was created. The Spanish Acquisition was created by the monarchs and consisted of a church court authorized to examine the genuineness of people’s Christian faith.
Discuss the world players, the power configurations and describe the manner in which they divided the world among themselves. What was the impact of the development as we moved into the second decade of the twentieth century? Imperialism was revived by the major European powers of the time; Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. It brought about advancement and power to nations which it affected the most. These waves of progress allowed opportunity for major growth.
Missionaries did their job of preaching that the savages of the world need to be civilized and Christianized. Thus, the United States began to become very nationalistic, and tensions with foreign powers began to rise. Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden” gave a call to the white population of the United States to reach out and ‘civilize’ the rest of the world With the White Man’s Burden and the widespread dogma of social Darwinism, the United States also started taking advantage of the fact that it could make quite a fortune by doing what it felt was ‘right’. Roosevelt’s quote, “Our endeavors overseas are not for the purpose of empire, but rather salvation.” spoke of what the ‘White Man’ was supposed to do. The United States claimed they weren’t taking advantage of the Cubans, Filipinos, and Hawaiians because of imperialistic measures, but because it was what the ‘needed’ to do.
Economic motives included the desire to make money, to expand and control foreign trade, to create new markets for products, to acquire raw materials and cheap labor, to compete for investments and resources, and to export industrial technology and transportation methods. Political motives were based on a nation's desire to gain power, to compete with other European countries, to expand territory, to exercise military force, to gain prestige by winning colonies, and to boost national pride and security. Religious motives included the desire to spread Christianity, to protect European missionaries in other lands, to spread European values and moral beliefs, to educate peoples of other cultures. Exploratory motives were based on the desire to explore "unknown" or uncharted territory, to conduct scientific research, to conduct medical searches for the causes and treatment of diseases, to go on an adventure, and to investigate "unknown" lands and cultures. Originally Ghāzī warriors depended upon stealing to make a living, and were prone to incitement to rebellion in times of peace.
SPANISH VS. BRITISH COLONIZATION Dymond Nobles HIST 1301 July 22, 2015 Exploration of the New World was the product of European empires expanding in an attempt to secure new trade routes, to find new sources of goods, and to spread the dominant religions of the respective empires. The major difference between the British and Spanish enterprises is how they were organized. Spanish exploration of the New World was led by Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon. The motivations for colonial expansion were trade and the spread of the Christian faith through indigenous conversions. Under the exploration of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Empire explored great parts of what would become South, Central, and North America while the French and British Empires focused predominantly on North America.
“And I gave a thousand handsome good things, which I had brought, in order that they might conceive affection, and more than that, might become Christians…,”1 By giving them goods, Columbus thought that they would convert to Christianity. Along with trying to convert the natives to Christianity, Columbus saw of all the resources there was in the Americas. He sets up trade with the Americas and also on the island of Villa de Navidad, he made a fort and left some men there to finish the fort and guard it. Columbus had a good relationship with the king of that land, but also says that if there were any conflicts that the men he
Their accomplishments became known to other Europeans who were intrigued by the stories of the Vikings’ discovery of the New World. Between 1000 and 1650, developments in Europe provided the incentive for exploration and colonization of America. The most powerful influence for exploration was trade. Due to political and religious changes, the overland trade routes to the East were dominated by the merchants who limited their use. As a result, a search for new trade routes to the East became necessary.