Atlantic World 1492-1750 In 1492 to 1750 there were some social and economic changes that occurred between Africa‚ Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic. Continuities were the desire of Europeans for raw materials like sugar and spice. Changes were the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans destroying their societies in the process. The continuities from 1492-1750 were that the Europeans had a strong demand for sugar spice and raw materials .In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed across
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The history of the world consists of things that interrupt continuity. This is abundantly clear during certain time periods‚ especially when the cultures of Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas collided in the fifteenth century. The interest in economic growth in Europe‚ an abundance of resources in the Americas‚ and the availability of slaves in Africa created a perfect storm that interrupted some continuities from before. Africa was a patriarchal society. As they participated in the slave trade
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Chapter 2: Europeans and the New World‚ 1492 – 1600 When humans entered the Iberian Peninsula almost 32000 years ago‚ the first civilization of Spain was formed. Since then‚ the country has traveled from an era of prehistoric Iberia to the Middle Ages to a rise as an empire and a member of the European Union . The main reason why Spain grew so much in power during the fifteenth century is because of a series of events that took place around that time. The first in such a series of events
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Europe Meets the New World In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Everyone knows this phrase‚ but that was just the beginning of a very complex story. Europe was all unified under the Roman Catholic Church. For years Columbus tried to convince the King of Portugal to support him in his idea for an easier western route to the Indies but he was turned down‚ so he looked elsewhere. Finally‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor the voyage because they thought it would create
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transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. Present day is worlds away from how the world was roughly 500 years ago. One of the biggest events that will ever stand between now and then occurred. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who was determined to find a new route to India. In its place‚ he discovered America in 1492. Between 1492 and 1750‚ the new contacts between Western Europe‚ Africa
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What is The Atlantic World? In order to truly understand what the Atlantic World is‚ one must first be informed of its history. Throughout the course of the time period between the 1500’s and the 1800’s‚ the Atlantic Ocean was used in ways that completely shaped its past. It was no longer to be simply seen as a large body of water‚ but instead as a passageway that connected various groups of people. From European Vikings to fishermen‚ the Ocean was covered with countless clusters of nations whom
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The Trans-Atlantic Trade System refers to all of the trade done between Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean. Sugar‚ slaves‚ and spirits fueled the entire triangular trade. Slaves were exchanged from Africa for rum‚ rum was produced as a byproduct of sugar‚ sugar was grown by slaves in the Americas‚ and Europe developed manufactured goods to aid the production of sugar. All three continents and their exports fit together to form the Trans-Atlantic Trade System. Plantation systems
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Transformations in The Atlantic World When the exchange of people‚ plants‚ and animals began because of the Columbian exchange the new and old worlds underwent some serious change. Ideas‚ peoples‚ and goods were swapped between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the America through series of trade systems. The Atlantic trade system allowed more then just goods and slaves to be sent around all of the Atlantic world. The Columbian exchange and Atlantic trade system allowed both social and economic
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1492 In the year of 1492‚ the man who brought tragedy to the Americas was seen as a hero to us‚ but little did we know what he really did. Every elementary kid learned that Christopher Columbus found America in an honorable way. We also have a national holiday just for him. They never told us though how he was looking for the Indies and thought he was in China. In reality he was lost and had no clue he was in America. They also did not show us how he actually treated the people on the islands when
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to interaction between peoples in the Atlantic world. A triangle of interaction formed between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. Between 1492 and 1750‚ new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas brought about economic changes such as new trading partners and new foreign foods‚ but social aspects such as the role of women remained the same. Before 1492‚ the Eastern and Western Hemispheres remained isolated from one another. In 1492 Christopher Columbus set out on a voyage
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