The Americas! The discovery of the new world opened up a new output for products like gold and silver. (Especially silver for Spain) The Columbian exchange resulted in foods such as the potato being brought over to Europe. Did you know the first potatoes were actually from Peru! Labor animals like cows and bulls were brought over to the new world. This was basically the only good thing about the Columbian exchange for the AMericas. Europe mostly just gave the Americas disease and death.
During the Eighteenth Century, settlement of the North American continent became part of the larger political struggle between major European nations. Great Britain, Spain, and France vied with each other for dominance in Europe and the New World.
White landowners who could make those African Americans work for them
An event that sparked competition and encouraged americans to invest in science
