Key Questions Flashcards
What were the major causes of European exploration?
In the 1400’s, Muslims and Italians controlled the trade between Asia and Europe. Europeans wanted to cut out the muddle man and gain direct access to the riches of Asian. They also wanted missionaries to go and get new converts to Christianity.
What were the affects of European exploration in Asia and Africa in the 1600s.
The French, English, and Dutch all had footholds along the coast of west Africa. They used these footholds to protect and expand trade routes in Africa and India.
Explain how the Aztec and Inca empires were impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization?
The Inca were brutalized by Christopher Columbus and sent back to Spain. The Incas that resisted were slain. They were friends at first.
Cortez invaded the Aztecs capital city. Cortez sought to convert the Aztecs to Christianity. Cortez wanted Montezuma to sign over his land but the Spanish conquistadors arrived on the coast to challenge Cortez. The Aztecs drove the Spanish from the city. Montezuma was killed abs Cortez retreated. Later in 1521 Cortez invaded the capital city and renamed it Mexico City.
Compare and contrast the colony of New France and the British colonies.
British colonies were under their own government but they still paid tribute to Britain. French colonies were owned and under the government of France. New France was around the Great Lakes region, British colonies were on the east coast.
Explain the development and impact of the Atlantic slave trade on west Africa and the Americas.
Many Africans were brutalized and taken from their homeland. There were also many diseases carried on the slave ships. Some Africans would jump off the ships to avoid being taken. About 2,000 Africans were sent to the Americas each year during the 1500s. In the 1780s, it was 80,000 a year. By the 1800s when oversees slave trade finally ended, an estimated 11 million enslaved Africans had been taken to the Americas. And an estimated 2 million died under the brutal conditions of the middle passage.
For the Americans, the slave trade brought great profits to many and provided the labor needed for colonial economies.
How did the capitalists and mercantilist have different points of view on government regulation on the economy of Europe.
Capitalists didn’t want government regulations and the mercantilist wanted more regulation. Such as more exports than imports and they wanted to regulate the economy based in gold and silver.
