HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Scientific Racism, Herero Wars, Nama People

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Silver
The Spanish conquest of the New World led to mining of the silver element that
dramatically eclipsed anything that had come before that time. Between 1500
and 1800, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico accounted for over 85 percent of world
production and trade.
Sugar
Sugar cane native to Southeast Asia first made its way to the New World
with Christopher Columbus during his 1492 voyage to the Dominican Republic
Enlightenment
European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing
reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-
century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton
Atlantic revolutions
1775-1825, many areas of the Atlantic world (North America, South America, Haiti
and parts of Europe) had political revolutions - in the Americas, new states were
created as colonists fought for independence from European colonial powers, and
in Europe, the French Revolution initiated a decade of change in which France
uses Enlightenment ideas
nationalism
A sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion to the interests
of a particular country or nation, an identification with the state and an
acceptance of national goals.
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The spanish conquest of the new world led to mining of the silver element that dramatically eclipsed anything that had come before that time. Between 1500 and 1800, bolivia, peru and mexico accounted for over 85 percent of world production and trade. Sugar cane native to southeast asia first made its way to the new world with christopher columbus during his 1492 voyage to the dominican republic. European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th- century philosophers such as descartes, locke, and newton. A sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion to the interests of a particular country or nation, an identification with the state and an acceptance of national goals. European countries expanding/conquering parts of the world, specifically africa (scramble for africa). Motive was for resources such as industry materials, competition, racial justifications.

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