Which of the following explains the start of the western transoceanic colonialism? a-) invention of cannon and other firearms, oceangoing ships armed with cannons, geographical discoveries for new maritime trade routes and resources b-) use of steam engines in oceangoing ships and arming them with cannons to find countries with new sources of raw material after industrial revolution c-) both a and b d-) spreading Christianity to “savage” people in the newly discovered continents after geographical discoveries and provide slaves for the slave dependent economies in Europe.

Which of the following explains the start of the western transoceanic colonialism? a-) invention of cannon and other firearms, oceangoing ships armed with cannons, geographical discoveries for new maritime trade routes and resources b-) use of steam engines in oceangoing ships and arming them with cannons to find countries with new sources of raw material after industrial revolution c-) both a and b d-) spreading Christianity to “savage” people in the newly discovered continents after geographical discoveries and provide slaves for the slave dependent economies in Europe.