Industrial revolution! People needed to be closer to their factory jobs.
It was the first time common people took power from a king
I think Christopher Columbus should be considered a hero. because he risked his life to explore the unknown for his country tho he didn't have anything to do with finding America the fact that he was actually brave enough to go out there and explore was pretty brave. when I say he dident have anything to do with America read this \/
- His intentions weren't to discover the Americas (which were already discovered by Leif Ericcson and others), or to prove the Earth was round (Which has already been proven long ago, and despite popular belief, even the Bible says the Earth is round.)
- He thought that the Carribean was the Spice Islands. He eventually realized that this was the Americas, but even on his third visit, he still thought he was somewhere close to India or China.
- He only landed in the West Indies and in South America. He never sat foot on the continent of North America, and he has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNITED STATES!-from debate.org
The age of exploration causes ideas technology plants and animals to be exchanged around the world government several European countries competed for colonies overseas both in Asia and Americans. It also led to the origin of modern capitalism.
<span>Between 1828 and 1869, the Democratic Party won all presidential elections except for 1840 and 1848. In 1840, William Henry Harrison of the Whig Party defeated Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party. In 1848, Zachery Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party and Martin Van Buren, then of the Free Soil Party.</span>
