Table of Contents

Unit 4

Sunday, 9 May 2021
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Advancement of Maritime Technology

  • Europeans could not travel to South Asia through land since Muslim empires controlled land trade routes.
  • Fluyt
  • Caravel
  • Carrick

  • Technologies introduced to Europeans:

    • Lateen sail
    • Astronomical charts
    • Astrolabe
    • Magnetic compass

The New World

  • Christopher Columbus landed in the Carribean Islands
  • Developed the Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange

  • Disease

    • Smallpox
    • Measles
    • Malaria

  • Crops

    • Sugar and horses to Americas
    • Potatoes, maize, guinea pigs to Europe

  • Atlantic Slave Trade

    • Chattel slaves from Africa
    • Europeans were not able to enslave Natives as they were dying to disease

  • Coercion of Labor

    • Chattel slavery
    • Encomienda System
    • Hacienda
    • Mit'a System
    • Indentured servitude

New Global Economy

  • Mercantilism

    • Only a fixed amount of wealth in the world

    • Increased competition

      • European establishment of colonies
      • Maximize exports

    • Trading post empires

      • Colonies existed to serve mother country
    • Joint-stock Companies

New Social Hierarchy


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