Trade was the motivating factor. The silk road accross Asia was besieged by bandits & required bribes to a number of nations to transport goods to & from Asia. Therefore a sea route would be a much safer & less expensive means of getting trade goods to & from Asia.
It made making clothes easier and quicker so they started to cost less since they were no as hard to make.
Racial equality because of there being slaves I think please give Brainly
A lot of the events of bleeding Kansas took place because during the time the state was going through the process of becoming a slave free state