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Spain and Portugal were the two nations that had a head start in the age of exploration
Natural Law
This is a philosophy asserting that certain rights are inherent by virtue of human nature or transcendent source. As a result, we are naturally inclined towards certain objective principles that come from our nature and can be discovered through reason.