Because the Asians brought the practices over to other countries and areas. And people picked up on it.
As the Parliament became increasingly democratic, the House of Lords was reduced to a ceremonial body with very little power.
<span>Seventeenth-century North America was an unstable and dangerous environment. Diseases decimated Indian and settler populations alike. Colonies were racked by religious, political, and economic tensions and drawn into imperial wars and conflict with Indians. They remained dependent on the mother country for protection and economic assistance</span>
The mercantilist system and the mad rush for colonies forced European nations to compete with each other for the richest, most prestigious colonies. Also, by establishing a colony in an area, colonizing nations could keep competing European countries away.
