Why do you think european technology became more advanced after the 1500s?

(open ended, not a graded assignment, just need some guidance, ! : d)

They were going through a renaissance, where their people had a more free way of thinking, and influences from other places such as Asia which allowed them to advance much more rapidly.
they started to think differently and become more advanced, and developed a new way to image themselves so that instead of being a people they were individuals belonging to a people