J. M. Blaunt: Colonialism In Europe

The author, J.M. Blaunt’s central argument of this article was that colonialism led to Capitalism in Europe. He uses historical data to support his claim. Even though, his data is lacking, he mentions his flaw in the article. He begins by exclaiming how Europe was not more advanced than Africa and Asia in 1492. But he states that Europe had one advantage which was their location. He went on saying that Europe slowly was moving toward capitalism from feudalism. During colonial times, all Europeans wanted was to make money. In the 16th century and the early 17th, European individuals and groups gained a great amount of money in many ways. It was through gold and silver mining, plantation agriculture, the trade with Asia of spices, an increase