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What role did private investment and initivative play in the development of european imperalism
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Ansser Sadiq September 6, 2006 AP Euro Chapter 14 Essay Number 3 At the beginning of European imperialism, the country's kings and rulers were not too keen on the idea of explorations. They felt that most merchants were chasing a lost cause, or just looking to use up the nation's coffers and come back with nothing. The kings traditionally only undertook ventures that would bring them riches for sure. There was nothing sure about the trips that explorers wanted to take to Asia and other regions. There was a very, very good chance that they would fail, and royal rulers had more important and closer to home issues to spend their money on. So they did not support imperialism until they all began to see the riches that could come there way. Till then it was the private individuals that kick started imperialism. This attitude of the royals would have severely dented the European...
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