European Exploration: Seventeenth Century

European Exploration From the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century, there were many signs of movement and conquering new land. Just before this era we saw the renewal of European power. Justinian was able to establish his own code of law which helped rule over Europe. He made his best efforts to get Europe back to where it was previously but shortly after, the continent split due to religious beliefs. The western part of Europe believed in Catholicism, while the east believed in the traditional Orthodox style of religion. While this was all unveiling, Asia was experiencing Mongol domination, which also ending up spreading into Europe. The Mongols were very well trained in archery and had advanced weapon technology so they were hard
Their main goal was to control trade routes and force merchant vessels to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties. This made people from all places travel because the people were intrigued with the idea of trade and gaining new valuables. For example, Peter the Great was huge in the policy of Westernization which was basically the concept of taking western political traditions and using them yourself. In this case, Peter the Great was upset with his country and wanted it to be more like Western Europe. He decided to meet with skilled, intelligent workers from Western Europe such as engineers and scientists knowing that this would help him understand their political concepts better in order to replicate them. Before the Portuguese started imperializing, the Indian Ocean had been relatively peaceful but they brought a heavily armed Navy almost everywhere they went and started taking over places by rugged force. They also were trying to force people that came through the trading routes to pay a tax called the cartaz which made them pay for six to ten percent of all cargo that came through. Portugal left an everlasting effect on this era and was very successful in taking over many places at the
By 1570 the Spanish territory transitioned from one controlled by the conquistadors to one controlled by the Spanish crown. The two centers of administration that were established were New Spain (Mexico) and also New Castile (Peru). The Spanish colonies were controlled by a viceroy who is a ruler that expresses complete authority. This meant that there were less bureaucrats and this became difficult to administer due to difficulties in communication and transportation. The huge impact that Spain left that added to European Exploration is how the Spanish saw the Americas as a land to exploit and administer than to settle. They established plantations to grow cash crops which helped a lto in trade demands. Spain left a huge impact on European exploration by deciding to exploit the Americas and try to find new goods and crops that could help them benefit