What were the technological advances that made exploration/Colonization and reformation Possible?

bigger and faster ships and the invention of navigational devices like the astrolabe made extended voyages to colonize possible.

i do not know if this question has options, but a main impact of the federal reserve act of 1913, which created the federal reserve bank, was the international use of the u.s. dollar, which soon became the world's leading currency - particularly during world war i, since many nations around the world asked the united states for money.

from the conditions of the working class in england by friedrich engels,the main idea is :