Your essay must be four or five paragraphs, have a minimum of three outside sources (one of which must be a scholarly or academic journal), and have footnotes or endnotes per the Chicago Style. Additi

Your essay must be four or five paragraphs, have a minimum of three outside sources (one of which must be a scholarly or academic journal), and have footnotes or endnotes per the Chicago Style. Additionally, your essay should be in 12-point font in Times New-Roman or Arial typeface. 

For this essay, you must choose one of the following questions:

1. What factors facilitated the expansion of European society from 1450 to 1650? What was the motivation, both for the individual European explorers and the states that supported them?