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America and the World System - Coggle Diagram
America and the World System
Mercantilism:
The mercantile system was based on the understanding that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals.
During this period, the raw material was used to produce a large scale for the International Market.
Slavery System: People worked very hard, and they were badly treated.
Entrustment System:
At the same time, Indians were used to
work for free.
The entrusted person received Indians for
those Indians to be Christianized.
Bourgeoisie: Traders and producers of goods.
ENGLAND:
Also, they took over some archipelagos such as Bahamas,
Caiman, Virgins, and Islands (Montserrat, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Part of Guayana)
They established 13 colonies in North America. Among those colonies were Massachusetts, Virginia, Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee Alabama.
The conquest and colonization represented a mercantilist system because the products were produced for local and international markets.
Inca System: Communities were obligated to provide a group of men to work in mining.
FRANCE:
In the West, they colonized Saith Domingue and Guyana both know today as Haiti and Guyana Francesa respectively.
Thousands of African slaves were brought to produce sugar, cotton, cocoa, and tobacco.
They controlled the Middle East beginning with Canada until Louisiana.
Also discovering and colonizing land was a business.
PORTUGAL: They installed their trade in Brazil. At the same time, they enslaved thousands of Indians.
HOLLAND:
Many slaves worked and produced tropical products to Holland.
They established their colonization in the Lesser Antilles
(Curazao), and a Brazilian zone known as Recife.
Although they were expelled from those places in 1654, they remain in the part of Guyana’s (Surinam).
Gold and silver allowed developing local and international markets.