6 sentences with 'motives'
Example sentences and phrases with the word motives and other words derived from it.
• « However, recent archaeological evidence suggests other motives, including the need for protection against rival groups and access to natural resources that were concentrated in a specific area. »
• « Thus, while the motives for imperialism were often highly ideological, they were also linked to direct economic interests, and many of the strongest advocates of imperialism had ties to industry. »
• « Thus, while economic motives were always present, much of the impetus for imperialism came down to jockeying for position on the world stage among the increasingly hostile great powers of Europe. »
• « Religious motives for colonisation also drove European expansion, and as the Protestant Reformation gained ground from the 1520s onwards, rivalries between Catholic and Protestant Christians spread to the Americas. »