HIST 1019 Study Guide - Granville Sharp, Charles Alexandre De Calonne, Absolute Monarchy
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The rise of england as a global power. Key events/factors that led to england"s dominance: 1678- england defeat dutch in last anglo-dutch war turning point. Switch from regional trade to control of the global market place/trade markets in europe (push dutch to the margin) Late 16th century transition from exporting raw wool to be manufactured into cloth by other countries (sign of. England"s underdevelopment) to export of their own manufactured wool cloth. (italian cloth industry collapsed as result of war & plague) Control of this market=part of anglo-dutch war fight: after defeat, dutch slow to industrialize, dutch imported wool from spain, english wool = raw material, english advantages: Underdeveloped economy to a dominant power: allows england to move west, establish colonies, so regional trade transatlantic trade, atlantic port city, faced west. Example of english economic development: mid 15th century bristol decline in wool wine trade w/
