Because as industrialization grew and spread throughout Europe, competition for raw materials increased. Consequently, some European industrialists encouraged their governments to colonize African countries as a method of guaranteeing sources of raw materials.
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They earned money from colonization, so it mainly became a battle of how rich they were. And then the exploration part pretty much meant that they could claim 'new' land (that was already pretty much discovered by Native Americans) and make even more money, along with having power in the New World.
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i think the 2nd and 3rd option
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