The reasons for European expansion can fall under “the three G’s” which include God (or the spread and promotion of Christianity), Glory (fame and promotion of their power and might) and Gold (finding the Northwest Passage to the Orient which was home to spices, silks, and wealth).
<span>manufacturing was benefited from Adam Smith's ideas.</span>
<span> In the last quarter of the 19th century, all four items were sources of energy. Kerosene was commonly used for lighting, electricity was beginning to replace gas lighting and steam was used to power boats, trains, and certain kinds of industrial machinery. Gasoline was the primary fuel of the automobile, or "horseless carriage," which appeared in the 1890's. Of these four, however, steam was introduce the earliest. The concept of the steam engine goes back to ancient times. However, the steam engine was really introduced as a common source of energy early in the 18th Century. So while kerosene, gasoline, and electricity as an energy source were all developments of the 19th century, Steam power is at least a century (and maybe more) older. </span>
He builded two very important temples of which were very grand