Dutch Empire

detriment that King Charles II imposed on Spain in his book Spanish Rome: Yet in the middles of the 1690’s, an adversary far more powerful than the French and beyond the control of popes, kings, or political tradition was looming over the Spanish Empire. Charles II, “the bewitched,” was clearly ill and unlikely to produce any heirs to the Spanish throne. Subsequently, the maneuvering began between the French and the Austrian branch of the Habsburg family for the Spanish succession. (213)…

The Europeans slipped up on America while trying to find cheaper routes to Asia in order to save on the trade goods. The main reason as to why European nations moved to America was to increase their wealth and expand their influence over world activities. According to (Barden, 2001), the Spanish were among the first Europeans to travel and settle in the New World and in what is presently the United States.By the year 1650, nevertheless, The British had already established a very dominant…

3. What was the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system? In the early 1600’s Great Britain was looking for ways to expand its commercial empire. King James I funded an expedition to the New World and founded the first British colony in North America along the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. The main objective of the colonist was to trade with the natives for gold and other valuables. This idea failed because the natives had very little valuables for trade. However, the new world was…

Emily Oh November 5, 2016 Period 4 Walter History Day Rough Draft 2016-2017 Emperor Meiji took a stand in history by playing an active role during the prosecution of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, adopting the cabinet system of government for Japan, and issuing an edict that proclaimed the conquest of Korea to Japan. Emperor Meiji’s impact on history was writing the Meiji Constitution, developing the Imperial Diet, having a well-developed transport and communication system,…

with him, eleven ships, five hundred men, and thirteen horses to the Yucatan try and conquer the Aztec empire. He also brought along around three thousand Nahuas, enemies of the Aztecs. Cortes was not successful in this attempt, however, small pox had been introduced to the Aztec by this time. Small pox completely ravaged the Aztec empire. After this, Cortes came back and dominated the Aztec empire. The Spaniards controlled much of Central and South America until about 1680, when the Pueblo…

Question1 The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals were known as “gunpowder empires”. Gunpowder Empires were empires that used modern warfare techniques with firearms to succeed in military conquest (The Gunpowder Empires, n.d.). All three empires were Islamic. The Ottomans were the first of the Islamic empires to be considered a gunpowder one (Gelvin, 2015). They used the largest canons of the time that could destroy walls, this aided their conquering of Constantinople. The Safavids learned of…

claim land was known as The Scramble for Africa. African states tried to resist European Imperialism, although only two were able to remain independent. Great Britain's empire in Africa was larger than Great Britain itself. The Ottomans lost all control of all of their colonies in Africa by 1875 and 1914. The British, Dutch/Boers, and Zulus fought for control of South Africa, but in the end the British gained control. When the exploration of Africa began, the leaders of Europe came together…

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in the city of Leipzig. Leipzig lies in the west of The Free State of Saxony, in what was once The Holy Roman Empire, and is now referred to as Germany. Being located at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, Leipzig has always been an important trade city and center for culture and philosophical learning. This being said, most education was restricted to Latin literature, as it was for Gottfried. However, when he was six,…

establishment of them. Key People William Penn: A successful Englishman who created the Pennsylvania colony. Significance: With the claim of land, William Penn disrupted Spain’s colonial empire. Edmund Andros: An English colonist who was appointed by James II to be in charge of the Dominion of New…

1 Imperialism: this one word is used to represent a complicated concept. Imperialism is defined by Dictionary.com as “the extension of an empire over a nation”, essentially one nation taking over another and proceeding to control it. Imperialism has been evident throughout history, and one of the most prominent examples is the British takeover of India. Indian civilization dates back more than five-thousand years (Culture Grams Online Addition Web) and has a history of oligarchies, split…