porcelain drove trade so that products from each global region could be found virtually everywhere else. Silver allowed economies to become commercialized and began to strengthen the hand of European trade. Some states became stronger because of trade( England‚ France‚ Holland‚ Japan). Others became destabilized( the Mughals‚ the Ming‚ the Ottomans‚ the Savafids). European found wealth in the new worlds fertile
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Atlantic slave trade‚ between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries‚ was the largest forced migration in the history of mankind. This migration was distinct from others of the kind‚ in terms of its begrudging nature‚ record breaking mortality rates and the alienation of generations from their roots. This essay aims to explore the various factors that led to the development of Atlantic slave trade - political‚ technological‚ social and economic. It also analyses the profitability of the trade from
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (Essay) The Trans-Atlantic slave trade had a massive impact the British‚ West Indies‚ Africa‚ and the emerging African American culture. The British were impacted with massive profits‚ to the disadvantage of many parts of Africa‚ where large amounts of men and women from all around the continent were forced into slavery. The West Indies were impacted by being turned into sugar plantations‚ and an African American Culture was born from all the African slaves that were imported
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The Columbian Exchange was a time when the Old World came in contact with the New World. It is called the Columbian Exchange because Christopher Columbus came to the Americas and traded with the people there which he called Indians. They traded many different things‚ even disease. After a while‚ the Indians realized they would be conquered‚ and that’s what happened. The Europeans would be outnumbered 10 to 1‚ but the Europeans would still win. This is because of disease and new technology. Europeans
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SHEER EXHAUSTEN. DESEASES WERE BROUGHT TO THE AMERICANS BY THE COLONISTS WHICH ALSO DESTROYED THE WHOLE NATIVE POPULATION. 2. (12 points) Identify at least two plants and two animals that were introduced to a new hemisphere as a result of the Columbian Exchange. Explain where they originated and where they went‚ and describe their impact on their new location. Horses: were put to work ‚ pulling carts and providing transportation Cattle: used as draft animals‚ pulling carts and plows and became a
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The Effect of the Slave Trade on West Africa NAME: CHRISTAL BENJAMIN QUESTION: WHAT WERE THE SOCIAL‚ ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON WEST AFRICA The Social‚ Economic and Political Effects of the Slave Trade On West Africa The trade of West African slaves for European commodities began in the fifteenth century. From its inception up to the late seventeenth century‚ the scale of the slave trade could be considered quite small when compared to the dramatic
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The Transatlantic/ Triangular slave trade played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. If not for the slave trade‚ the Industrial revolution might have been delayed or never taken place. During the 18th century‚ Britain experienced huge industrial development. Due to this development‚ Britain became one of the wealthiest countries in the world. In this time period Britain was involved with the slave trade more than any other European country. Many people in Britain became
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success was due to the economic factors which allowed the slave trade and slavery to expand from 1550- 1800. Through the Atlantic economy‚ increased trade through the colonization of the New World and also the interdependence of countries and diversity are the three factors that allowed the slave trade and slavery to grow in the Atlantic World as well as the increased wealth of Europeans. One of the factors that expanded the slave trade and slavery was the growth of the Atlantic economy through
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The Mediterranean Sea had been the focus of European trade with other parts of the world for over 2000 years. In fact‚ until about the year 1500‚ the Atlantic Ocean had been a barrier‚ for Europeans. After 1492‚ this focus shifted to the Atlantic Ocean by routes south around the Cape of Good Hope‚ and by trans-Atlantic trade. European discoveries of new land meant an increase in commercial activity of the society from which the discoverer comes. Until then‚ most trading and manufacturing originated
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The Economic‚ Social and Political Factors of the Abolition of the Slave Trade by Jessica Comeau The Trans-Atlantic slave trade had deep and far reaching affects on the continent of Africa and its people. Prior to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade‚ there was an active slave trade within Africa‚ although the connotation of the word slave was not the same for the Africans as it was for the Europeans. In an African society‚ a slave could eventually marry into the master’s family and rise to a prominent
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