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The Story So Far…

The Story So Far…. 1500s. Spain. England. Splits from Rome, starts to form alliances with other Protestant powers Uses privateering as means to get access to New World riches Starts to gain prominence Participates in the African slave trade. Monopolist on settling the New World Expansion

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The Story So Far…

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  1. The Story So Far…

  2. 1500s Spain England Splits from Rome, starts to form alliances with other Protestant powers Uses privateering as means to get access to New World riches Starts to gain prominence Participates in the African slave trade • Monopolist on settling the New World • Expansion • Multiple wars • Overrides Aztecs, Incas, Mayas; subjugates multiple ethnic groups in the Americas • Extracts millions in silver and gold • Defends European and American coasts from pirates and privateers • First country to abolish slavery in 1542

  3. 1600s Spain England First mainland colony in the Americas Caribbean colonies: sugar and slavery Civil War, plague, fire Anglo-Dutch Wars over trade routes 1652-54 1665-67 1672-74 Seafaring power Abolishes torture in 1640 • Absolutist monarchy • End of the Golden Age • Colonial cities; established mainland colonies • Coastal fortresses • Loss of Jamaica and part of Hispaniola • Cedes monopoly of the New World

  4. Visible change From a stately home… … to a home by the state

  5. Privateers and pirates Privateers who were more like pirates, late 1500s – mid 1600s Pirates who were more like privateers, late 1600s-early 1700s knighted executed

  6. Money talks: the Van de veldes The pride of the Dutch The pride of the English

  7. What would a 17th century treasure look like Pesos and escudos Jewels

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