The Age of Exploration

I would say that the 1500s-1600s would be called the Age of Exploration. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and came to arrive in the new world. Previously, there had been no knowledge of another body of land, so this would lead the exploration of the land that we call the Americas. Different empires from around the world were trying to figure out what this new land could be used for, which lead to the empires creating colonies on the americas in order to grow cash crops. Little did they know, the land had barely been explored and there was much more that could be found among the lands of america.

Although the americas were a large find in the 1500s and 1600s, this was not all of what was happening during this time. There were different empires from different parts of the world that were rising, and others that were falling. Regardless, the empires knew little of what was going on across the continent. They were only beginning to have over seas relations with other empires. These trade routes lead to the expansion of the world, and grew connections with the larger part of the world.