European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the
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Reading General reading: From your preferred text book: Craig and De Burca (more on 241-254 than on 218-241) Case law *Cases C-6/90 and C-9/90 Francovich and Bonifaci v. Italy [1991] ECR I-5357 ** Cases C-46 and 48/93 Brasserie du Pecheur v. Germany and Factortame v. UK (Factortame III) [1996] ECR I-1029 Case C-224/01 Köbler v. Austria [2003] ECR I-10239 Journals Emiliou N‚ ‘State Liability under Community Law: Shedding more Light on the Francovich Principle?’ (1996) 21 ELRev 399 Beutler
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economic integration within European nations. Integration was inevitably triggered by the geopolitical and economic considerations that emerged after the Second World War for the European states. A restrained Germany alongside US and French interest in economic progression through increased trade links are the key factors behind why European integration occurred. The Treaty of Rome would predominantly bring on European integration in 1957‚ which established the European Economic Community (EEC). This
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systems. Capitalism was based on the idea that private individuals‚ and business firms would carry out all factors of production and trade. They would also control prices and markets on their own. Mercantilism was the pre cursor to Capitalism although each of them different in many ways. Mercantilism was for the wealth of the state‚ while the motive of capitalism was for the wealth of the individual. There were many outlines for this new system called capitalism‚ which would make it different
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Summary of “From Mercantilism to ‘the Wealth of Nations’” The article “From Mercantilism to ‘the Wealth of Nations’” explores the economic ideas of mercantilism and capitalism‚ and how they affected history. During Christopher Columbus’ voyages‚ an abundance of silver was found in Peru and Mexico. This silver flowed into Spain‚ then into Europe‚ the Baltic‚ and most of all‚ to Asia‚ to satisfy the demand for Asian goods and spices. Unfortunately‚ the flow of silver into Europe caused
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faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement Three difficulties faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement were resistance from the Amerindians‚ lack of supplies and food and natural disasters. The Europeans could not understand the resistance of the Amerindians. They felt that their culture and weapons were superior to that of the Amerindians and so they felt justified in their use of force against them. The Europeans forced the
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the Industrial Revolution. European imperialism grew out of a long development of exploration and industrialization. The European powers competed with one another for control over resources both within Europe and all over the world. There was a significant amount of greed that was inflicted upon the Europeans when they had realized they could conquer Asia and Africa. These were two continents with an abundance of resources that could provide for the growing European population‚ along with bring
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International Marketing Marketing strategy to attract bulgarian and international students in joint- master degree programs “European Business and Finance” and “International marketing” in University of National and World economy Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. Defining our goals a. Defining the problem – the low numbers of foreign students in the joint programme and in the university as a whole. b. Defining the products with which
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encourage alert attitudes. The Americans grew accustomed to running their won affairs; distance weakens authority and it came as a shock when Britain after 1763 tried to strengthen grip on the colonists Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances: The British authorities embraced a theory‚ called mercantilism that justified their control over the colonies The Possessing colonies discussed distinct advantages‚ since the colonies could both supply raw materials to the mother country and provide a market for
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The European Union sets guaranteed prices to farmers for agricultural products. This is in order to encourage production. Show how this can happen with a supply and demand diagram. The provision of food is extremely significant for the human well-being so agricultural markets have always been treated in a different way by governments. There are various factors on which the success of farmers depends. It is not a simple production that needs a certain amount of resources to manufacture a certain
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