Development of Europe
as a World Power
Abundance and Adaptability
Abundance and Adaptability
• The European continent has
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an abundance of good
farmland and fishing grounds
that allow countries on the
continent to flourish and
develop.
As seaside fishing grounds
deplete, these seaside
countries adapt by creating
fishing fleets to expand the
fisheries within Europe and
abroad.
Abundance and Adaptability
• As the fisheries expand, a
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Navy must be created to
protect the fishing fleets.
These Navies create
strong militaries and in
turn create strong
countries.
Eventually coastal
countries set out to find
new land (due to their
strong knowledge of
navigation, access to
oceans, and by having
Navies to protect them).
Abundance and Adaptability
For example…
• Spain and Portugal both became mother countries in parts
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of the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and India.
Italy discovered new land in the Middle East.
England has land in the Americas, Africa and India.
France is the mother country for areas in the Americas and
Africa.
The Netherlands has land in the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Abundance and Adaptability
• These new colonies
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supplied materials for
manufacturing in the
mother country.
The mother countries
needed new markets
so products were sold
back to colonies at a
profit to the mother
country.