Answer:
B) desire to expand their empire and maybe C) making money
Explanation:
Back then Spain and England were competing to see who's empire can be the biggest. In order to have a big empire they needed to explore and conquer. While doing so they got a lot of new things and raw materials to help back home. Besides trying to make their empire expand. They traded and made money with other countries in exchange of raw materials. I hope this helped.
The theory that you are looking for is "the Divine right theory".
This theory claims that only certain people who were given the divine right to do so can create countries and that royalty is supposed to exist as rulers, without being questioned.
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2nd answer: Patricians
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