HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mercantilism, Toussaint Louverture, Breadbasket
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Shift in relationships of europe with the rest of the world. Because of internal european transformations and trade & other relationships with many parties. Most histories of these revolutions = national histories. From perspectives of countries having the revolutions. That connection = significant, important, direct outgrowth of themes and trends from the topics of this course. Mercantilist system breaks down in one place > causes break downs in other parts of the system. Each revolution has its own distinct, independent causes but . By 1775/1776, british american colonies had highest number of british settlers in. Went to america bc they could get free land (among other things) Problem for british, forced to intervene again and again, had to contain settlers. Said they couldn"t go beyond a certain point. Most serious war before 1775 in north america = 7 years. British spent a ton of money on it. Protecting setters from incursions by french & native.
