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