HIST1055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Yellow Fever
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Europeans didn"t make any products that anyone (but them) wanted. Able to trade for more: textiles, spices from east asia. Many of these goods could then be sold in west african markets. Changed once nations got hold of goods from new world i. e. silver, gold. Started farming in caribbean and south america sugar, tobacco. So europe traded silver/gold to asia to get textiles/spices. Europe then sold textiles/goods to west africa used to trade gold/silver but once europe got hold of it in americas they had to find a new commodity enslaved people. Perception that they could not work efficiently because so weak from disease, etc. But they were freed after certain amount of time and given land. Good for economy but not good for colonies because releasing laborers was costly, not enough land, created more competition. Also believed that latitude had an effect on how well people could adjust to climate and be able to survive diseases.
