What correlation is there between overseas expansion and economic, social, and political development in europe?

Economic:
-women have to take care the business in their husbands' absence and some became rich when their husbands were killed in the new world
-the value of precious metals imported into Europe increased
-Price evolution affected the Economy in Spain

Social
-women found new opportunities for marriage in the new world
-increased nutrition from new foods and drinks plus the increasing amount of them led to population increase
-Chinese ideas made an impact on intellectual attitudes

Political
-Tension and rivalries between Europeans increased
-new pattern of  world warfare created
-Christian beliefs reinforced in European civilization

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