During the Age of exploration, primarily *European* explorers traveled across the Atlantic and pacific oceans and first encountered civilizations in the Americas, since they were in competition so see who could extract the most natural resources.
I really didn't feel like writing it out but here yah go
Explanation:Magna Carta exercised a strong influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states. ... Magna Carta was widely held to be the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler, a legacy that captured American distrust of concentrated political power.
