HIST 153 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Portuguese Empire, Mercantilism, Puritans
12 Jan 2017
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(cid:1005)8 the west a(cid:374)d the world: e(cid:373)pire, trade, a(cid:374)d war, (cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1009)(cid:1004)-(cid:1005)8(cid:1005)(cid:1009) 18. 1 european empires in the americas and asia. Empires - state contained many different kingdoms or territorial possessions. Started to have colonies in america, brought slaves from africa, settled puritans, colonies in india. Carribian islands, canada, missisipi river, india (but ost part of america because of the fight with great britain) Up to the pacific and north america, including california. 18. 2 warfare in europe, north america and asia. Mercantilism - the wealth of a state depended on its ability to import fewer commodities than it exported and thus acquire the largest possible share of the world"s monetary supply. British vs dutch - d. lost new york. The wars of the spanish and austrian succession, 1701-1748. The american and french revolutionary wars, 1775-1815. 18. 5 the crisis of empire and the atlantic revolutions. Declaration of human equality and abolition of slavery.
