1. How did European exploration held lead the way to the Scientific Revolution?

Question

--I was thinking that with the more discoveries they were making, they wanted explanations as to how things are that way

2. How was the Scientific Revolution related to the Enlightenment?
--I said, "Because of the Enlightenment, people wanted to expand their knowledge and use science and reason to learn and know about thins instead of accepting the religious explanations and beliefs." Is that right?

Answer 1

I agree.

In addition, exploration lead to new raw materials and markets for finished products. This encouraged scientific investigation into how to use these raw materials and how to efficiently make finished products.