How were Europeans affected by exploration of the Americas? They chose to open up trade routes rather than conquer territory and build empires
They caught diseases and carried them back to Europe killing a portion of the population
They became wealthier by finding gold and sending it back to Europe
They were introduced to new technology used by Native Americans

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.