The term “robber baron” was applied to powerful nineteenth-century industrialists who were viewed as having used questionable practices to amass their wealth. On the other hand, “captains of industry” were business leaders whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.
Europeans were religiously motivated to spread their faith to other places and wanted to expand their relatively small country by acquiring more land. They also wanted more resources to trade to increase wealth and vary their own resources.
