HIST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Trade Wars, Peninsulars, Mercantilism
8 Aug 2013
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Chapter 16 summary: the transatlantic economy, trade wars, and colonial. Rebellion: austria and prussia fought for dominance in central europe, great britain and france dueled for commercial and colonial supremacy, prussia emerged as a great power, great britain gained a world empire. Scotia, newfoundland, bermuda, jamaica, and barbados: to the french and british merchant communities, india appeared as a vast potential market for european goods source of calico cloth and spices = much in demand in europe. 2: spanish control of its american empire involved a system of government and a system of monopolistic trade regulation, primary purpose of the spanish empire was to supply spain with the precious metals mined in the new world. Trade regulations: casa de contratacion (house of trade) in seville regulated all trade with new. World: flota system regulations prohibited spanish colonists within the american.
