Why were peoples of the age of exploration willing to risk their lives and fortunes to expand the influence of their homelands?

The primary reasons were 1. the tremendous potential to come back with wealth 2. desperation.

#2 is the best reason. The people that went on these journeys were willing to live comfortable society behind and they did so because they couldn't really live in normal society. They NEEDED to go.

although world war i began in 1914, the united states did not join the war until 1917. the additional firepower, resources, and soldiers of the u.s. to tip the balance of the war in favor of the allies. remaining neutral. when war broke out in 1914, the united states had a policy of neutrality.

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