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Global Impact notes

Global Impact notes. Mercantilism. An economic practice adopted by European colonial powers in an effort to be self- sufficient ; based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother county. Commercial Revolution. European maritime nations competed for overseas

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Global Impact notes

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  1. Global Impact notes

  2. Mercantilism • An economic practice adopted by European colonial powers in an effort to be self- sufficient ; based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother county

  3. Commercial Revolution European maritime nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources Colonial economies were limited by the economic needs of the mother country

  4. Explorer’s MAP

  5. Explorer’s MAP Prince Henry the Navigator Vasco da Gama Christopher Columbus Hernando Cortez Francisco Pizarro Ferdinand Magellan Sir Francis Drake Jacques Cartier Roman Catholic Protestant

  6. Impact of the Columbian Exchange Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves Slavery was based on race European plantation system in the Caribbean and the Americas destroyed indigenous economics and damaged the environment

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