April 14‚ 2011 The Colonization of India The colonization of India was very slow and very subtle. Europe’s first contacts in India were made initially by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traveled there by sea and took over Indian trade and commerce. In 1492 a Papal Bull was declared‚ allowing the Portuguese to go to Kerala (May 18th‚ 1498). They went in search of spices‚ and Christians. Later in another voyage in 1500 it became the Portuguese mission to convert Indians
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_____________ Age of Exploration DBQ Essay This question is based on the accompanying documents. The question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purposes of this question. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document. Historical Context: The Age of Exploration was a time period that brought two previously isolated
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Slavery in the United States expanded for a multitude of reasons including demand for labor‚ conventional racism‚ and its legality. In the 1700s‚ the economy of southern colonies such as Maryland and Virginia relied on cash crops. The ideal growing conditions of these colonies promoted the extensive growth of crops including tobacco‚ rice‚ and indigo. Despite these advantages‚ growing and maintaining these crops was not an easy task. It required a considerable amount of work and effort‚ which was
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The period from 1450 to 1650 is often referred to as the “Age of Discovery‚” an era of advances in geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman
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Although they were not the first Europeans in the Philippines‚ the first well documented arrival of western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract
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From the 15th to 19th century the European colonization affected the Native American culture in many ways‚ such as diseases‚ war‚ and enslavement. Many diseases such as smallpox and measles were the main cause of the decline in the Native American population more so than war. Although they seemed to destroy Native American culture‚ they also improved it by trade. The Native American way of life changed after trading with the Europeans. At first Native Americans wanted metal products‚ which they
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Before the era of 1200-1450‚ developed countries and religions were changing and cultures molded how empires operated. The Silk Road opened‚ countries were in their infancy‚ and religions like Christianity were developing with the lifetime of Jesus Christ. As time went by‚ traveling for reasons other than religion started‚ and people started developing empires and long-distance trade. During the 12-1400s‚ new empires started trading with people close to them geographically‚ trading across continents
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The Printing Press The printing press brought mass change to the 15th century during the Renaissance era‚ revolutionizing communication throughout much of Europe and most importantly spreading religious knowledge and secular education of science and mathematics to all people of society (Doc 10). Immediate effects of the printing press were seen through its spread of information quickly and accurately. This created a wider literate reading public and would be influential for centuries to come (Doc
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The Age of Exploration The Age of Exploration was a time that brought two worlds together. This action caused changes. The Age of Exploration was a revolution because the Europeans wanted to find new trade routes due to their desire for Gold‚ Glory‚ and God. This inspired global cultural diffusion to disperse. One example of the Age of Exploration was trade. According to Document 3‚ Muslims were getting at the money because they were desired to find new trade routes to Asia. In other
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higher style of landscape. "The Voyage of Life." The Voyage of Life. National Art Gallery‚ 2012. Web. 30 Dec. 2012. .This site gives me an analysis of each of the paintings in a short summary. Instead of giving me a summary of each of the paintings‚ it gives me information on each one of them and the reason behind why Cole depicted it the way he did. The paintings represent a religious view on life. Cole suggests only prayer can save the young man from a dark a tragic fate shown in the painting
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