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Exploration and Society
Exploration
Portuguese
want to dominate trade routes
leads to Maritime Empire
replaces silk road
mediterranean power focus
3 Gs
God
Gold
Glory
Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella fund Columbus's expiditions
spain dominates 1500s
Cortes:
conquers Aztecs
Guns, Germs, Steel
disease
intentional killing
killing off natives
try to convert natives to Christianity
wealth coming into Spain and Portugal from Americas
mercantilism replaced by communism
Society
Theme 2: Economic
Enclosure movement
gentry purchased large amounts of land
extreme wealth accumulated by trade with the New World
peasant farmers payed rent to gentry in order to stay on land
Subsistence Farming
dominant economic activity all over Europe
age of exploration gained new crops for Europe
farming for survival ⇒ farming as occupation
Price revolution ⇒ Bank of Amsterdam
Gold/silver came in from trade
raised prices all over Europe
wage workers did not gain economic benefits
First European bank
stored bullion (gold/silver)
Social
Gentry
price revolution caused by high gold influx
new social class
merchants/bankers who are also land owners
agricultural capitalists
serfdom
bound to the land
could not leave without lords permission
Cultural
Witches
little ice age excuse for trials
extreme weather
cold winters, hot summers, droughts, floods
worldwide temp dropped 31.18 F (.1 C)
tortured confessions out of people
85% of witches were women
Festivities
Celebrate birth/death of Saints
East & Lent very important
Carnival before Lent one of most important days of the year
had blood sports for entertainment
torture animals
Theme 1: International
British East India Company
only private business granted trade right in India by British Monarchy
designed to bring gold/silver back to England
monopolized spice trade
black peppers
english economy depended heavily on its success
French in North America
began exploring 16 century
ignored Treaty of Tordesillas
moved into land given to spain by the pope
Treaty of Tordesillas was land accommodated to certain countries by the Pope.
Dutch in East Indies/Asia
Dutch East India Company
Rivalry with England for dominance
trade with south/east Asia
founded to compete with england
incredibly successful in first years
monopolized spice trade
nutmeg & clove
Transatlantic slave trade
primary way Europeans made money
goods for Africans
2,250,000+ slaves traded
3 ways slaves were viewed
commodity to be sold
object to be rented
producer of cash crops
Expansion:
Theme 1: International