Colonization of the age of exploration of the 15 and 16 century was very different from imperialism of the 19 and 20 century, because in the Age of Exploration Europeans just wanted to know more about the world around them. Foreigners mainly started traveling was because they wanted to seek new trade routes and discover some of the issues that are going on around other parts of the world. In the Age of Exploration Europeans also colonized Latin America when they saw that it had a lot of natural resources. These discoveries basically lead to do the same thing that Europeans did in the Age of Exploration. They wanted complete control on the other country and change them completely. The Europeans believed that it was there duty to change others, because they are "better” then the Africans. However, you can say that Imperialism and the Age of Exploration have similar ties because both motherland states during the time wanted to make profits off their colonies although the Age of Exploration goal was indirect while Imperialism was not.
Joselyn Orejuela and Laron McBryde
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Another good point. I specifically liked how you related Latin America to Imperialism. "Europeans also colonized Latin America when they saw that it had a lot of natural resources. "
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