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    the time more countries joined. This new type of trade was‚ what we today recall‚ as slavery which had major impacts on developments of the countries involved: Spain‚ Portugal‚ and later England. The European trade had its origins in Mali‚ around 1450‚ when the famous leader Mansa Musa converted to Islam‚ and on his way to the Mecca‚ one of the five pilasters that a Muslim has to follow‚ donated so much gold that Europeans from all the Western heard of the amount; which stimulated the eyes of the

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    British and Spanish Colonization Efforts in North America Prior to 1763 Starting in the late 1400s‚ and continuing for hundreds of years‚ Spanish and British colonization efforts have‚ in many ways‚ shaped North America. Because they had different goals‚ the Spanish and British went about their pursuit of the Americas in very different ways‚ and did not do many things similarly. When the Spanish came to America‚ they were mainly in search of silver‚ and gold‚ but they also wanted to spread their

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    considerably between 1600 and 1763. Imports and exports across the Atlantic caused a constant demand for labor in the colonies. The British colonies supplied raw goods as well as some manufactured goods for countries around the world especially in Europe. As the demand for cash crops and raw materials from the Americas grew‚ the demand for labor also increased. Trans-Atlantic interactions fostered continuity in the demand for labor in the British North American colonies from 1600 to 1763 but also fostered changes

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    gradual weakening of British control over the colonies until this point allowed Americans to acquire relative control of their political and economic institutions throughout the years 1607 and 1763. Politically‚ Americans grew steadily more independent from Britain as the colonies progressed from 1607 to 1763. When the colony of Jamestown was first founded in 1607‚ settlers relied on the London Company and English government officials. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries‚ English settlers continued

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    The British’s imposed acts from 1763 to 1776 caused the colonist to turn away from them and their ways of living. The start of this was the Proclamation Act‚ since the British didn’t want any more fighting with the Indian people they stopped movement towards the Appalachians by the colonists. This angered the colonist‚ because they wanted to make fur trades and gaining land. The colonist soon disregarded this act and continued moving westward. The following acts followed a pattern of

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    Although key elements of the trade between Africa and Eurasia changed during the era of 300-1450‚ a few factors stayed the same. In 300 C.E.‚ trade routes were primarily between Europe and North Africa. The way that they changed by the time of 1450 was that they expanded southward and westward. By 1450‚ these trade routes went through West Africa‚ sub-Saharan Africa‚ and the Indian Ocean. One factor that stayed the same during this time period was that the northern coast of Africa was always involved

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    Significant changes occurred in East Africa between 600 and 1450. Specifically‚ the increase of slave trade and better‚ more useful technologies through the Indian Ocean Trade Network. These changes are important because the growth of city-states occurred due to this network. During this period‚ the overall trade of the region remained relatively constant. This continuity was important because it allowed for economic and technological development to flourish in the region. Safer travel‚ pacified

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    * Change Analysis Chart Postclassical (600-1450 C.E.) | Basic Features at Beginning of period | Key Continuities | Key Changes | Basic Features at End of Period | Reasons for Change or Continuities | Global Trade What other trading systems existed at the beginning of the period? The Indian Ocean system is a continuity‚ not a change.What about the gold-salt trade? Don’t you mean the Pax Mongolica? | * Trade was very international. * Silk roads linked Eurasia‚ and goods traded hands many

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    Throughout the African Slave Trade there have been many significant events that happened during 1450-1850. Three of which I will be elaborating on in this topic. The middle passage was the first key event in which Africans were shipped to the New World. The slave treatment and resistance of African men and women who were considered less than human was the second key event. The Fugitive Slave Law which allowed recapture of slaves was the third key event. The Middle Passage was the first step

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    Though it may sound heartless and selfish‚ the needs and aims of countries usually are the primary factor controlling their foreign relations. During the period of the czars‚ from 1547 to 1917‚ Russia’s need for land and modernization shaped its relationships with Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire‚ causing Russia’s leaders to respect and imitate Western Europe while competing with the European powers to fill the power vacuum of the failing Ottoman Empire. Russia emerged as a significant power

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