apart of the Spanish-American war.
It affected European politics because they started to put church land under political authority for more power over there people
This one is the cause:
<span>growth of the factory system.
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<span>Growth of the factory system lead to pollution (from the factory chimneys), it made people move from farms to the cities and as a result the number and size of cities increased. </span>
In the renaissance they were more focused on philosophies rather than God or gods.