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1450-1750 Afro -Eurasia, Revolutions and Revolts, Maritime Empires,…
1450-1750 Afro -Eurasia
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Exploration
Causes and Events
trade between Europe and Asia had to go through the Mediterranean, controlled by Italian city-states
Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, and Dutch had to find another route in order to remain competitive - invested in exploration
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Motives for Exploration
Europeans were motivated by money, religion, rivalry, conquest
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states began to practice mercantilist policies, which maximized imports and limited exports
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Explorers
Zheng He: open trade networks and spread culture, China stopped exploring
John Cabot: Get to Asia, established English land in Canada
Vasco de Gama: get to India and China, established power in Indian Ocean
Christopher Columbus: get to Asia, establish Spanish links to Americas and Asias
Revolutions and Revolts
Portugal: Dutch and English pushed out of South Asia, Queen Nzinga's rebellion in modern-day Angola
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Russia: Cossack Rebellion, Pugachev Rebellion
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Spanish: Pueblo and Apache Revolt in present-day Mexico, Maroon Wars (Jamaica), Gloucester County Slave Rebellion (Virginia)
British: Metacom's War (New England), Glorious Revolution (Catholic vs. Protestant in England
Maritime Empires
Atlantic Slave Trade
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slaves were captured, transported to holding pens, then crammed on ships for Middle Passage Journey across the Atlantic
Portuguese, Spanish, British, Dutch, French
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Japan
welcomed Portuguese and Dutch traders and missionaries, then pulled back by banning Christianity and contact with outside
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Spanish and Portuguese
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Spanish had control of southwest regions, central America, and Florida
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Flow of Trade
connection of Old World and New World unlocked a massive flow of goods, people, ideas, and disease
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Maritime Empires Develop
Mercantilist policies of the time maximized exports and minimized imports so a state could have more silver and gold on hand
changed in economic policy increased trade led to innovations in finances, businesses, and banking
commercial revolution
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population growth, increased demands for goods
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Triangular Trade
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Europeans brought manufactured goods to Africa, picked slaves to Americas, filled up on cash crops to head back to Europe
Syncretic Belief Systems
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Candomble - "dance to honor the gods," Bantu + Brazil
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African Diaspora
Changed culture of the Americas as slaves brought new ideas, foods, and languages
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