Nationalism - global power struggle among European nations
Westernization
Belief in European superiority
Government
Culture
Religion
Social Darwinism
Economic stability
No major wars
After exploration
$$$$ (economic benefits)
Start of imperialism
At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s, the world's human population grew by to 700 million
It would reach one billion in 1800
The Black Plague reduced the world population by about 75 million people in the late 1300s
The birth of the Industrial Revolution altered medicine and living standards
In only 100 years after the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the world population would grow 100 percent to two billion people in 1927 (about 1.6 billion by 1900)
