HIST 3420 Lecture 11: Britain and the World
21 Sep 2018
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Britain and the world in the age of early empire. Give the sense of the context, the period. Does it deal with colonial life, military aspect, representation of empire. If its in the samson book don"t use it. Social life- those subject to colonial/rule people, slaves, indentured workers or people who do the work of empire- governments, policing, teach- published in description/memoirs. Might need secondary sources to provide historical background to the document. Relates to imperial history and history of empire and colonies -> not just to war in general. Lecture focuses on prior to 1600: the age of exploration before looking at the 1600. Maritime exploration led by portuguese in the 15th and 16th century. It is the spanish and portuguese achieved the expansion before the. Portuguese were the first to reach africa by sailing (looking for spices and trade) First europeans to reach asia by sailing around africa.
