Chapter 13 discusses the political transformation, specifically colonization of the new world, from 1450 to 1750. The section of the chapter I had to present focused on the European colonization of the Americas. This paper will analyze the information in the chapter while at the same time create an outline of my presentation.
The start of the chapter discussed the advantages Europe had over other parts of the world, in gaining access to the Americas. We will discuss many advantages that Europe had. The first advantage was that they were geographically closer, meaning that Europe was closer to the Americas that other parts of the world like Asia. A second advantage was new and improved innovations which allowed Europeans to cross the Atlantic …show more content…
The Great Dying impacted it by the death of major portions of the Native populations in the Americans. For many years, the Americas were isolated from Afro-Eurasia. This means that they were not exposed to any European Diseases, which means they did not gain immunity to these diseases. Because of this, the diseases were rampant through the native societies killing major portions of their populations. This made it easier for the Europeans to settle the Americas. It made it easier for the Europeans because it greatly reduced the number of natives that populated the areas they wanted to colonize. Unlike the Great Dying, the Little Ice Age affected all of the people in the world. This was a period of cool temperatures that shortened growing seasons. The reason for this little Ice Age is greatly debated by historians. Some historians believe that the Little Ice Age was a result of reduced sunspot activity, resulting in less solar energy making it to the earth. Other Historians believe that it was caused by volcanic eruptions. They say that the ash and gas from the eruptions blocked the solar, or warming, energy from reaching the earth, resulting in cooler temperatures. Finally, some historians think the Little Ice Age was a result of the Great Dying. These historians believe that the reduction of people on the earth resulted in less …show more content…
The similarities are that they were all new societies, the introduction of European and African people and culture, and mercantilism. The differences range from the labor sources they used, the number of settlers, and how each country ruled their colony. The chapter focused on the Spanish colonies in Mesoamerica. These colonies were in the most wealthy, urbanized, and populated regions of the Western hemisphere. Their economics was based on commercial agriculture and gold and silver mining. To do this labor, they used the native people in forced labor, which was very similar to slavery. Finally, this colony replicated Spain’s social order and hierarchies. The chapter and the presentation will discuss the sugar colonies of the Caribbean and Brazil. Unlike the other colonies in the Americas, the sugar colonies were based on the growing and processing of sugar to be exported into Europe. To do these labor intensive jobs, they used slave labor from Africa. Close to 80% of the slaves from the Transatlantic slave trade went to these sugar colonies. The final colonies discussed were the British colonies in North American British. The British were the last of the Europeans to start colonizing in the Americas which is why they colonized North America. One thing that makes these colonies unique from others in the Americas is that they did not want to recreate the European way of life.
The start of the chapter discussed the advantages Europe had over other parts of the world, in gaining access to the Americas. We will discuss many advantages that Europe had. The first advantage was that they were geographically closer, meaning that Europe was closer to the Americas that other parts of the world like Asia. A second advantage was new and improved innovations which allowed Europeans to cross the Atlantic …show more content…
The Great Dying impacted it by the death of major portions of the Native populations in the Americans. For many years, the Americas were isolated from Afro-Eurasia. This means that they were not exposed to any European Diseases, which means they did not gain immunity to these diseases. Because of this, the diseases were rampant through the native societies killing major portions of their populations. This made it easier for the Europeans to settle the Americas. It made it easier for the Europeans because it greatly reduced the number of natives that populated the areas they wanted to colonize. Unlike the Great Dying, the Little Ice Age affected all of the people in the world. This was a period of cool temperatures that shortened growing seasons. The reason for this little Ice Age is greatly debated by historians. Some historians believe that the Little Ice Age was a result of reduced sunspot activity, resulting in less solar energy making it to the earth. Other Historians believe that it was caused by volcanic eruptions. They say that the ash and gas from the eruptions blocked the solar, or warming, energy from reaching the earth, resulting in cooler temperatures. Finally, some historians think the Little Ice Age was a result of the Great Dying. These historians believe that the reduction of people on the earth resulted in less …show more content…
The similarities are that they were all new societies, the introduction of European and African people and culture, and mercantilism. The differences range from the labor sources they used, the number of settlers, and how each country ruled their colony. The chapter focused on the Spanish colonies in Mesoamerica. These colonies were in the most wealthy, urbanized, and populated regions of the Western hemisphere. Their economics was based on commercial agriculture and gold and silver mining. To do this labor, they used the native people in forced labor, which was very similar to slavery. Finally, this colony replicated Spain’s social order and hierarchies. The chapter and the presentation will discuss the sugar colonies of the Caribbean and Brazil. Unlike the other colonies in the Americas, the sugar colonies were based on the growing and processing of sugar to be exported into Europe. To do these labor intensive jobs, they used slave labor from Africa. Close to 80% of the slaves from the Transatlantic slave trade went to these sugar colonies. The final colonies discussed were the British colonies in North American British. The British were the last of the Europeans to start colonizing in the Americas which is why they colonized North America. One thing that makes these colonies unique from others in the Americas is that they did not want to recreate the European way of life.