Chapter 14 is about European empires and encounters in America.
Western European empires were marked by maritime expansion.
Europeans had the advantage because of their geography of their position for involvement in the Americas, their need of good from Chinese and Indian markets, wealth,merchants, and religion. European states and trading companies mobilized resources well and rivalries within the Americas provided allies foe European invaders.
The great dying was the demographic collapse of native American societies. It was caused by the risk of diseases brought by Europeans and Africans. Native population nearly vanished in the Caribbean and has similar mortality in North America.
Europeans did not just conquer and govern societies they created new societies all shaped by mercantilism.
Settler colonies in North America emerged in British colonies of new England. Although the British got in late, they got the uprising lands. However the British society changed more rapidly than Catholic Spain. Many British colonists were trying to escape elements imof European society. British colonies developed traditions of self government and did not impose bureaucracy like Spain. North America gradually became dominant and more developed than south America.
Western European empires were different and more significant than others. Eurocentrism of the early modern world continues to be a controversial issue.
Western European empires were marked by maritime expansion.
Europeans had the advantage because of their geography of their position for involvement in the Americas, their need of good from Chinese and Indian markets, wealth,merchants, and religion. European states and trading companies mobilized resources well and rivalries within the Americas provided allies foe European invaders.
The great dying was the demographic collapse of native American societies. It was caused by the risk of diseases brought by Europeans and Africans. Native population nearly vanished in the Caribbean and has similar mortality in North America.
Europeans did not just conquer and govern societies they created new societies all shaped by mercantilism.
Settler colonies in North America emerged in British colonies of new England. Although the British got in late, they got the uprising lands. However the British society changed more rapidly than Catholic Spain. Many British colonists were trying to escape elements imof European society. British colonies developed traditions of self government and did not impose bureaucracy like Spain. North America gradually became dominant and more developed than south America.
Western European empires were different and more significant than others. Eurocentrism of the early modern world continues to be a controversial issue.
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