What factors caused european nations to explore the western hemisphere and establish colonies

The factors that caused European nations to explore the Western Hemisphere and establish colonies were due to the need of the nation’s states to increase their resources which were scarce. On top of that, pressure because of the rivalry between nations was also happening during that time. This is why they had to expand their lands to gain more power over other nations. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the resources of the European countries were starting to deplete. It was also during that time that nations were staring to be aggressive in looking for other land with the hope and objective of colonizing those available lands. The other reasons for the conquests are their search for gold and their need for timber. Another is, during that time the more lands a country had conquered and more resources it acquired, the higher status, more prestige and personal glory it will gain.          

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

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