The age of exploration was based on the idea of seeking for more wealth in the new world. Those who sought to explore the new world were looking for fame and the wealth that came with it. It was also founded on the search for religious freedom and curiosity.
it was Word War II, which had arisen in part out of the Great Depression, that finally pulled the United States out of its decade-long economic crisis.
Renaissance - A period of great cultural and scientific rebirth that began in Italy in the early to mid-14th century and ended during the first half of the 17th century.