Why?+How?

We know that the europeans got to other countries by sailing, but why did they move from Europe?
We can not be sure of all the reasons, the expansion came into effect, but we do know that the majority of the expansion was caused by political disagreement. As the years went on, Europe was becoming more and more controlled by other countries such as, Portugal, Spain, France and England. The monarchies in these countries were growing greatly in size and in strength. So, in return for the political gain of power, the europeans expanded their territory.This expansion led to the rise of colonial empires which had contact between the old and new worlds. Soon after the rise of colonial empires, the columbian exchange came into effect. This was a time of wide transfer between plants and animals, food and even humans(which were mostly slaves). Perhaps the most important exchange was cultures. These cultures that spread, proceded with wars and other important global events that even still concern us today.(See slavery page for more information on the columbian exchange)