Chapter 14: Economic
Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750 |
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I. |
Europeans and
Asian Commerce |
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A. |
A Portuguese
Empire of Commerce |
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1. |
Economic weaknesses but military strengths |
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2. |
Mombasa, Hormuz, Goa,
Malacca, and
Macao |
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3. |
“Trading post empire” and cartaz pass system |
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4. |
Entry into Asian trade |
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5. |
Decline after 1600 |
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B. |
Spain
and the
Philippines |
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1. |
Lure of the
Spice Islands |
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2. |
Magellan’s voyage (1519–1521) |
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3. |
Spanish rule (1565–1898) |
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4. |
Mindanao and Islam as an
ideology of resistance |
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5. |
Manila
and the Chinese |
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C. |
The East India
Companies |
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1. |
Organized monopolies that could make war |
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2. |
Dutch seizure of the Spice Islands and
Taiwan |
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3. |
British work with Mughals in
India
in textile trade |
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4. |
“Carrying trade” and bulk commodities |
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D. |
Asians and Asian
Commerce |
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1. |
Limited European impact in
Asia |
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2. |
Japan
initially open but Tokugawa Shogun closed |
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3. |
Active Asians: Chinese, Southeast Asian women, Armenians,
and Indians |
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II. |
Silver and
Global Commerce |
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A. |
Discovery of
Bolivian and Japanese silver deposits |
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B. |
Spanish American
silver to
Manila and then
China |
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C. |
Chinese taxes
paid in silver |
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D. |
Potosí |
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E. |
Rise and fall of
Spanish economy |
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F. |
“General crisis”
of the seventeenth century |
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G. |
Japan’s silver
management |
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H. |
Commercialization, specialization, and deforestation in
China |
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I. |
China
and
India
out-produce
Europe |
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IV. |
Commerce in
People: The Atlantic Slave Trade |
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A. |
The Slave Trade
in Context |
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1. |
Varieties of slaveries before 1500 |
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2. |
Uniqueness of slavery in the
Americas |
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3. |
Sugar and other plantation crops: tobacco and cotton |
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4. |
Why Africans? |
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B. |
The Slave Trade
in Practice |
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1. |
African slave traders |
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2. |
European and Indian goods to African consumers |
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3. |
Where did the slaves come from? |
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C. |
Consequences: The
Impact of the Slave Trade in
Africa |
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1. |
Negative demographic and economic impact |
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2. |
Corrupting effect |
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3. |
Rising labor demands on women and polygamy |
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4. |
New opportunities for women |
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5. |
Options and choices for African states |