The major theme that dominated most of the chapter was the exploration and the colonization of land. European’s endeavors to expand its state and seek economic resources in the past molded the modern day global society.
Europe’s explorations were solely economic based; the will to impose their beliefs and obtain as much as possible. Europe benefited the most of all the explorers at the cost of many others. As a result of the discoveries, natives were forced into slavery, stripped of their cultures and witnessed the raping of their land. Many of the lands housed gold, silver, salt and other profitable resources were the motivation for the invasion.
The trade in humans began because of exploration. A high demand for human labor quickly