USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 15th century, Europeans brought together three technologies-gunpowder, cannon manufacture, and large oceangoing ships-and used the result to conquer the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -New technology also paved the way for European voyages and exploration. Better maps showed the directions of ocean currents and lines of latitude. Inventions like the astrolabe and magnetic compass improved navigation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gunpowder and Firearms. In addition to cannon European armies in the Renaissance era began to make use of primitive handheld firearms called arquebuses, the bulky precursors of the musket.

Detailed explanation-4: -European armies had significant advantage over the natives as well. Europeans had steel weapons, armor, and artillery. They also had cavalries, so once again, animal domestication offered an advantage.