There was more than one technology that was developed at the time, but one technolgoy that surely made a strong impact and also enabled Europe becoming the dominant military force was the invention and perfection of military tactics together with muskets and cannons. This made them practically unstopable against any native population around the world.
The Peasant's war (1524 - 1525) is an uprising in Germany caused by changes brought by Reformation. Peasants in western and southern Germany appealed to divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from opression by nobles and landlords.
