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    bad thing for the economy. After reviewing different sorts of information‚ there is no one theory that has been proven to be more effective than another; it is truly based on preference. Certain theories such as New Trade‚ Life Cycle‚ Smith‚ Mercantilism‚ and Heckscher-Ohlin‚ enlighten to help decide what factors hold importance when determining whether the concept of free trade is right or wrong.

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    millennium BC.[125] Early Islam promulgated capitalist economic policies‚ which migrated to Europe through trade partners from cities such as Venice. However‚ capitalism in its modern form is usually tracedto the emergence of agrarian capitalism and mercantilism in the Early Modern era. Agrarian capitalism[edit] The economic foundations of the feudal agricultural system began to shift substantially in 16th century England; the manorial system had broken down by this time‚ and land began to be concentrated

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    Identification Items: Mercantilism: Economic practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. British and other imperial power’s policy to regulate the economy of their colonies. The policy prohibited the colonies to trade with other nations‚ monopolizing markets and banning the export of gold and silver. Mercantilism demanded that a nation must export more than it imports. Mercantilism was a cause of many wars and also the expansion of colonization. William Penn: English real

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    AP EUROPEAN HISTORY 1st SEMESTER EXAM   CHAPTER 13: RENAISSANCE   1. Which Italian city-state dominated the renaissance until the 15th century? Florence 2. A major difference between Italian and Northern Renaissance was that the Italian renaissance was more secular. 3. The characteristics of Italian Renaissance art are curvilinear rhythms‚ rich color‚ and detail. 4. Upper class women during the Italian Renaissance declined in status. 5. A major difference between

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    experience elsewhere? What culture or type of lifestyle had influenced world history since the Neolithic Revolution‚ but ceased to play any role after this era (early modern period)? What largely influenced and financed the Renaissance? How did mercantilism differ from capitalism? Who were the “Old Believers?” What was a major trade development between 1450 and 1750? Unlike Spanish Latin America‚ what came to be the most important economic activity in Portuguese Brazil? Changes during the Reformation

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    with his theory that limiting the government’s authority would economically benefit the nation most effectively‚ thus Adam Smith’s theories served as a trigger for the increase in negative sentiments regarding mercantilism (“Laissez-Faire”). Instigating additional public disapproval mercantilism was King Louis XIV’s unsuccessful attempt to take possession of Dutch commerce in the Dutch War of

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    of doing so‚ their demand for labor caused a sharp and significant increase in the volume of the Atlantic slave trade. * 20. The shift from European indentured servants to enslaved African labor was caused by a number of factors‚ including a decline in the numbers of Europeans willing to indenture themselves to the West Indies‚ the fact that the

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    HECKSCHER-OHLIN THEORY In the early 1900s an international trade theory called factor proportions theory emerged by two Swedish economists‚ Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. This theory is also called the Heckscher-Ohlin theory. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory stresses that countries should produce and export goods that require resources (factors) that are abundant and import goods that require resources in short supply. This theory differs from the theories of comparative advantage and absolute advantage

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    of his economic works; although his biggest accomplishment‚ An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy‚ would not be completed until after he returned from the exile. Steuart’s work was most prominent in the late-1760s. At this time‚ mercantilism is coming to an end‚ and Steuart was one of the last mercantilists.

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    FRQ | 1600 | 1650 | 1699 | Theocracy | Williams and Hutchinson’s challenges to spiritual practices undermine public perception of Puritan Church | Increased influence of other colonies‚ especially Virginia‚ lead to a decline in commitment to the religious/political ideals | Salem Witch trial discredits the Puritan church‚ and much remaining credibility is lost | Economic Equality | ___________________ | Laws forbid the pricing of an item t more than 5% over its actual costs | Rise of free

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