How Did Europe Suffer During The Fourteenth Century
1. What were the 'disasters' that Europe suffered during the fourteenth century, and what were their consequences? (Short Answer).
There were many disasters during the fourteenth century for instance, The Black Death and the revolts and repression, The Hundred Years War, The Babylonian Captivity, and The Great Schism all of which lead to many consequences.
The Black Death was a horrible plague that hit Europe in the 1200 to 1600 time frame, wiping out about a third of its population. The disease was very contagious, for example, if a mother who carried the disease sneezed on her child her child would catch it a week later and die. Europe’s population fell tremendously making it hard for survivors to find labor, unfortunately a lot of the peasants …show more content…
Kings were forcing gold and silver into their kingdom, focusing on the retention of these resources; later this bullionist idea was replaced with something that would help the economy and essentially making it greater. However, merchants saw that on a national scale there was a zero sum game and there could be mutual gains through trade. Eventually, the government-enforced policies such as subsidized and tax reimbursements on exports; they created tariff barriers on imports to protect producers, laws restricting consumption of trade goods, and navigation laws on delivery of trade to native countries (Palmer, Colton, & Kramer 2014). Thus, creating personal trans ocean companies with there own merchant ships for their region of trade creating a …show more content…
When the Europeans came to America they were favorable, however, they decimated the natives that were west of the Atlantic with new diseases they brought over such as smallpox, chicken pox, or influenza. Unfortunately, many cultures were lost due to these circumstances. Even though the Europeans destroyed many other cultures, they were able to transform their own culture through the vast expansion of social traditions, different people, and religions around the world. As a result to these effects, wealthy commercial classes grew up along the Atlantic coast and Europe introduced the American potato and became dependent on sugar and
There were many disasters during the fourteenth century for instance, The Black Death and the revolts and repression, The Hundred Years War, The Babylonian Captivity, and The Great Schism all of which lead to many consequences.
The Black Death was a horrible plague that hit Europe in the 1200 to 1600 time frame, wiping out about a third of its population. The disease was very contagious, for example, if a mother who carried the disease sneezed on her child her child would catch it a week later and die. Europe’s population fell tremendously making it hard for survivors to find labor, unfortunately a lot of the peasants …show more content…
Kings were forcing gold and silver into their kingdom, focusing on the retention of these resources; later this bullionist idea was replaced with something that would help the economy and essentially making it greater. However, merchants saw that on a national scale there was a zero sum game and there could be mutual gains through trade. Eventually, the government-enforced policies such as subsidized and tax reimbursements on exports; they created tariff barriers on imports to protect producers, laws restricting consumption of trade goods, and navigation laws on delivery of trade to native countries (Palmer, Colton, & Kramer 2014). Thus, creating personal trans ocean companies with there own merchant ships for their region of trade creating a …show more content…
When the Europeans came to America they were favorable, however, they decimated the natives that were west of the Atlantic with new diseases they brought over such as smallpox, chicken pox, or influenza. Unfortunately, many cultures were lost due to these circumstances. Even though the Europeans destroyed many other cultures, they were able to transform their own culture through the vast expansion of social traditions, different people, and religions around the world. As a result to these effects, wealthy commercial classes grew up along the Atlantic coast and Europe introduced the American potato and became dependent on sugar and