AMERICA & THE WORLD SYSTEM
Europeans in América
Thanks to gold and silver, they obtained an international market.
Represented mercantilism
The fact of discovering and colonizing land was a business
Word system
Feudalism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Slavery System: People worked very hard, they were slaves and they were not paid.
Bourgeoisie: Merchants and merchandise products.
Inca System: Men were forced to work in the mining industry
Entrustment System: They were forced to work in exchange for protection or other "privileges".
They understand the value of a nation's wealth and power for the collection of these, and then they are used for exports.
Mercantilism triangular trade:
They exported merchandise and/or other things to different continents and obtained favorable products.
Allocation of resources through the market, "private" economic system collected wealth from the taxes of their people.
The conquest of other Europe powers
Portugal:
England
13 colonies set up in North America.
It had power over the archipelagos: Bahamas, Caiman, Virgins and Islands.
France
Traveled through the East to Canada
West colonized Saint Domingue and Guyana
African slaves were expropriated to produce products such as sugar, cocoa, and tobacco.
Holland
They set up their trade in Brazil
Colonies were established in the Lesser Antilles and Brazil.
They were expelled from these places, but remained in a part of Guyana's.
Slaves worked to transport the products to the Holland.
By: Fernanda León 9F
click to edit