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disease Justin

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Diseases devastated natives of the new world as well as causing widespread starvation. The diseases were, smallpox, influenza, measles, pneu-monic plague, typhus, yellow fever, and cholera.

Answer 2

The Dutch fought the Portuguese over trade routes, specifically in Asia

Answer 3

Native Americans were being used as slaves before Africans, but because Native Americans were not strong. Europeans decided to use Africans, not only because they were strong but slavery was already a thing between tribes in Africa.

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Trade routes that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas

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Trade route from Africa to the Americas that contained slaves

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The slave trade hurt millions of people, but also affected countries using slavery. With the growing sentiment that slavery should be abolished.

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European Atlantic nations had many trade rivalries at the time, competing for trade routes and profit. One of the main conflicts of the time was between Portugal, English, and Dutch in the southeast and India. These rivalries influenced the nation's trading success, as the winner of conflicts was the one who kept the trade routes.

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India was going through a time of reform, in which many Muslim kingdoms came together to form the Mughal empire. This caused a major conflict between the Dutch, Brits, and Portuguese. Robert Clive led to the consolidation of British power in India and the Dutch and Portuguese powers were forced out.

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The first joint-stock company, and a major factor for European trade in the middle east. Helped the British to control and fund the spice trade in India and Southeast Asia.

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China and Japan were in similar situations at this time. Both had been approached by the Portuguese in the mid-1500's, and both had conflicts with the Portuguese that caused them to cut contact and trade.

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The British and Spanish had conflicts in the west indies as the Spanish gained all of America in the treaty of Tordesillas, but the British refuted their claim.

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The main European colonies were created by the British, Dutch, and French. The British created Jamestown, which was an important port for the new world. The Dutch and French both established more northern colonies, which were areas for new revenue.

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Since America had a lot more trade going on Italy who was the Mediterranean trade super power was now losing power while Atlantic states such as Portugal and Spain got even more powerful because of the America trade triangle

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The impacts of European expansion was the deaths of many Native Americans because of the diseases brought from Europe, there was also more cultural changes in both the people living in the Americas as well as people living in Europe.

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The social structure had Spaniards, people born in Spain, first then Criollos, which were people born in America with Spaniard parents, then Mestizos which were European and Native mixed, then Mulatos, who were Europe and African, then Native American and African mixed, to Native then to African. People were still excepted in society even being mixed.

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Christianity was spread a lot thought the missions set up for the Indigenous people by the Spain. The Spain would make people in the Natives religion Saints in Christianity to help convince them to convert.

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The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of goods between the "Old World" and the "New World" which included Europe getting sugar, coffee, corn, and other goods, and the America's getting Farm animals, diseases, and many other things.

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The growth of commercial capitalism started with the Spanish and Portugal colonies in America starting to use Africans as slaves to farm lots of land so they could sell it in large quantities for high prices compared to the price it was to make it.

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The price revolution was were the population and prices of everything started to go up and peoples jobs weren't getting more money to be able to pay for these expensive's.

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Businesses became so wealthy that people could now pay the business to give them a little piece of the company and the businesses could now use that money to help make the company do better. Ex: Dutch and British East India Company's.

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The House of Fugger was a family owned bank that ended up being dissolved during colonial times because they couldn't afford to stay open because of the opening of the National banks.

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Created in 1609 as a replacement for the traditional family banks, a national bank for Amsterdam for depositing and transferring money.

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The belief that the one power of a country is its wealth and trade. Believed that the European countries should exploit their colonies to make themselves richer.

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