Most countries wanted to extend there empires.
For more effective governance.
Spain & England (England not in Europe but close)
Most countries in Western Europe have had colonies and empires, like Britain, The Netherlands, France, Spain and Germany...
france and britsh
Power and Money.
The European nations rivalries because they wanted to expand their empires colonially. This included all countries.
To harvest the resources the land contained, and to compete against the other European empires.
Spain and Portugal.
At various times, the Spanish, the British, the Dutch, the French, and the Portuguese all had empires in the New World.
Because coastal European empires did strong!
Because coastal European empires did strong!
So Europeans could rule more countries and states.
They allowed European empires to ship Natural Resources from colonies across the globe to European factories. They also allowed Britain to reduce the size of their armies stationed around the world.