The motivations for colonial expansion were trade and the spread of the Christian faith through indigenous conversions. The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was an early invader of the Americas, traveling to the New World on Columbus' second voyage. He became the first governor of Puerto Rico in 1509.
While there is a widespread belief that using nuclear weapons against Japan during the end of WWII precipitated the Empire's surrender, saving thousands of soldiers' lives from both armies, an ongoing debate is still taking place on the real effects that the bombs had on the Japanese decision to surrender.
After the surrender of the Germans and Italians, the Empire of Japan faced an overwhelming enemy force and its defeat was practically inevitable. However, they seemed to be willing to fight until they were completely defeated. That is why some believe that the use of the nuclear weapons persuaded the Japanese authorities to surrender or face total destruction.
In spite of that, some authors (such as Robert Pape) believe that it was the invation of Manchuria by the Soviets the decisive factor in the end of the war not the use of atomic bombs.
Ultimately, one could reach the conclusion that the use of nuclear weapons by Truman was not the correct decision since 1) it caused the death of tens of thousands of civilians 2) The Empire of Japan was outnumbered by the allies and the Soviet Union and its defeat was almost inevitable 3) the use of nuclear weapons on entire cities can not be justified with the attack on Pearl Harbour since one war crime cannot justify another one.
The French and Indian War was referred to as the Seven Years' War.
The Dred Scott retrial of 1850 concluded that because they had previously resided in a free territory, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet had a right to be freed from slavery.
This 1850 verdict is different from the first trial held following this lawsuit. In 1847, after the Scotts had first sued their owner for freedom, the Missouri Circuit Court ruled that they were still slaves. The Scotts therefore asked for a second hearing in 1850, and won, but later lost the following trials when their owner appealed to higher courts.
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There are many reasons some are==
1. The larger kingdom who set sail wanted to take over smaller kingdoms so that they could annex their kingdom/empire.
2.They wanted to gain better understandment of the world;in aspect of knowing earth is flat;;
3.Wanted to gain better tools and wanted to discover something new.
4.(from my aspect) They might've been exploring to increase their population since most of them generally ended in native places;.
