<span>I would say increased desire for trade, because the Commercial Revolution is when Europe went for colonialism, imperialism. They found out all the different types of materials each country elsewhere had to offer.</span>
The second continental congress was mainly about managing the war effort and driving the nation towards independence. so its the last one and maybe the second to last one.
Developments in European culture fuelled by the Renaissance.
- Changes in the Christian religion fuelled by German Martin Luther.
- The race begins between Christian Europeans to find new trade routes to China for silk and Indonesia for spices as the Muslim Ottomans block the Mediterranean sea to all Christian shipping.English and other European Explorers.
500 years ago the English started exploring the world in sailing ships. (This was the first step to England creating a world wide empire.) The catalyst to explore at this time was the blockade of the Mediterranean sea in 1448 by the Islamic Ottoman (Turks) thus closing access to the only known trade route to the east (India and China.)
A, Russia. We got it for pretty cheap because it was considered a barren wasteland