Class, Ideas, Technology, & Trade
Key Question: How did the foundations of historical globalization affect people?
Idea: 'Cultural Imperialism'
Skill: Map Analysis
Idea: 'Cultural Imperialism'
Skill: Map Analysis
Johannes Gutenberg & the Rise of a European Middle Class
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How might the growing availability of printed books be linked to European attitudes toward individualism and innovation? How might these attitudes have helped foster historical globalization? |
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Cause and Consequence
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Mercantilism
"Trade brought economic prosperity, and economic prosperity brought power"
In the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, European governments strictly controlled trade. To ensure prosperity, they believed that the balance of trade must favour the home country: its exports must be higher than its imports. As a result, colonies were viewed as a source of cheap raw materials.
Laws often required a colony's raw materials to be shipped to the home country. Only there could they be used to make finished products. Colonial entrepreneurs were not allowed to set up factories and use the colony's raw materials to manufacture goods in the colony. The products made in the home country were then shipped back to the colony and sold.
And to keep their own colonial markets strong, governments often prohibited colonies from importing goods from other European countries. This eliminated competition and meant that people in colonies could buy only goods made in their home country.
This policy of strictly controlling trade was call mercantilism.
Laws often required a colony's raw materials to be shipped to the home country. Only there could they be used to make finished products. Colonial entrepreneurs were not allowed to set up factories and use the colony's raw materials to manufacture goods in the colony. The products made in the home country were then shipped back to the colony and sold.
And to keep their own colonial markets strong, governments often prohibited colonies from importing goods from other European countries. This eliminated competition and meant that people in colonies could buy only goods made in their home country.
This policy of strictly controlling trade was call mercantilism.
The Decline of Mercantilism
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Dividing Up the World
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Effects of European Colonial Settlement
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Trading Empires, 1770
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