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1450 to 1750 (Trans-Oceanic Connections) - Coggle Diagram
1450 to 1750 (Trans-Oceanic Connections)
Pre-Columbian Exchange
European Universities
Focused on Sailing and Maritime Technologies
Increased Naval Power
Increased Trade
Portuguese
Taxed Traders Heavily
Trading Passport
Cartaz
Trading Post Empire
Atlantic Ocean Control
Spain
ech Advances
T
Ship Designs
Lanteen Sail
Compass / Astrolabe
Navigation Across Indian Ocean
Relied On the Stars
Mapping of the Currents and Winds
Seasonal Winds = Different Trading Directions
Cannons (Gunpowder)
Portuguese Dominated Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Control
Netherlands
Portugal
England Had Access to Both Oceans
Constantinople Destroyed
Byzantine Empire Falls
Ottomans Take Over and cut off Europe from trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain took all land to the West
Portugal took all land to the East
Post-Columbian Exchange (Changes)
Environmental Factors and the Economy
Disease
Small Pox
Great Dying (20-50 million indigenous peoples dead)
Originated from animals
Silver Trade
Potosi
Spanish Government Exploited Locals
Heavily Mined without reparations
Potosi → Europe → Ruin economies (inflation) → leave Europe and go to Asia and become global trade
Food Exchange
Peppers
Potatoes
Tomato
Tobacco
Corn
Population Boom
Animal Exchange
Horses
Pigs
Catttle
Chicken
Impacted Labor
Slave Trade
10-40 million
Decreased Populations in Africa
Seperated Families
Created African Kingdoms whose economies were based on the slave trade
Dahomey
Benin
Congo
Joint Stock Companies
Lower Risk for the investor
Less Risk = More Voyages
British East India Company
British West India Company
Dutch East India Company
Sponsored Voyages to the Americas
Peasant Class
Encomienda System
Work for Protection by the Spanish
Mita System
Forced Labor for the Empire
Incans
Rebellion
Colonial System
Proclaiming independence from mother countries
Ming Dynasty Silver Tax
Peasants could not afford
Usually payed in grains and crops
Poor People Struggling