The steam engine and steam locomotive evidently had major consequences on European society. Positive and negative effects are apparent, as these major technological breakthroughs transformed European society. Even today, many aspects of society and economics are present due to the profound impact these inventions had, which is why they are such big turning points in history.
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The expansion of the African slave trade was a result of the demand for slaves in the colonial Americas.Tens of thousands of people were forcibly transported out of Africa to work on plantations, in mines and as domestic servants all over the Americas. The slave trade continued for hundreds of years, only ending in the nineteenth century. The slave trade increased because it was profitable. Those who controlled the trade - European slave-owners and traders, and African rulers and traders - benefited greatly from it. African rulers and traders were involved in the slave trade because selling slaves was a way to gain power and wealth.
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The <em>Ganges River</em> in India is worshiped as a goddess, it has been a sacred not only due being a source of life for their fields and crops but also for water consumption, it has been called <em>"Holy Ganga",</em> their civilization developed around that great river; China on it's side has the longest Asian river, <em>the Yangtze</em>, China's civilization has also developed around this great river, for water consumption, irrigation for their rice fields, fisheries and other industrial practices, bringing wealth to people, and prosperity to the whole nation for many centuries.
Thus both civilizations developed around great river frameworks.
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Option: to make a profit.
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To make a profit was the primary reasons for the settlement of Jamestown in the New World. Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607. The Virginia Company was responsible for establishing the first colony in America. In the 17th century, some of the European countries started sending settlers to the New World for generating wealth for the Empires. England also entered in the competition to increase wealth and power by expanding its empire in America.
