They were searching for gold and sliver.They set forts in Africa for slaves and south and southeast Asia for spices.
It was March 5, 1770, a snowy night hope this helps!
The nation that did not attend was Russia.
Results of the invention of the printing press is b) Books became available to many people throughout Europe and c) The literacy rate began to rise as interest in learning grew. The printing press started a sort of democratization of knowledge where people were keen to discuss both old and new literary works and the printing press grew rapidly and seriously boomed in Western Europe.
