Welcome to Westonci.ca, the place where your questions are answered by a community of knowledgeable contributors. Our Q&A platform provides quick and trustworthy answers to your questions from experienced professionals in different areas of expertise. Get immediate and reliable solutions to your questions from a community of experienced professionals on our platform.

Besides economics, what reasons did European countries have for building empires?

Sagot :

The Europeans wanted to build empires for a couple of other reasons than economic ones. They were running out of open spaces was one of the reasons. The other major reason is that the more land you held, the more powerful it made you seem. They also wanted to Christianize the native peoples.