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HOW/WHY DID MARITIME EMPIRES ESTABLISH THEIR EMPIRES: How?

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  • Trading Post- East India trading CO and Dutch East India Trading CO. But most importantly Taylor honestly is Portugal setting up trading post empires
    • Military - Spain and Portugal had very strong navy
    • Religion - Christianity
    • Silver - the amount of silver one had meant how wealthy they were
    • Advances in technology(wait until further flash cards)
    • Uses resources from colonies for wealth
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Technology that led to maritime expansion

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  • Lateen sails,magnetic compass, astolabe, caravel,cartography
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Lateen sails????

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  • triangular sails that allowed for wind to catch at any direction
    • allowed for ships to sail against the wind and made trade faster
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Magnetic compass??????

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  • let saliors know their location

- could be used when cloudy (unlike star navigation)

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Astolabe?????

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  • see where you were based off of the equator

- could venture out further than the coast line

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Caravel??????

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-A ship from Portugal with Lateen sails and a stern rudder(used to steer ship)

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Cartography???

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a map Taylor, C’mon.

- allowed for easier sailing

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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES ESTABLISH THEIR EMPIRES: why?

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  • More land
  • Spread religion (Christianity)
  • Control trade (Portugal)
  • To gain silver and gold
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRADITIONS: Culture

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  • Trade impacted Natives (More in later slides)

- Staple foods changed due to introduction of foods to new places

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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRADITIONS: CULTURE : Change in Native culture

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  • New foods introduced - Pigs,cows,grapes and horses
  • Horses- They could hunt buffalo on horseback better than before so surplus of of food, more time for other pursuits like art and conflict increased (more horses more power)
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRADITIONS: CULTURE: change in eastern hemisphere

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  • Introduce stuff like Maize,Potatoes,tomatoes,beans,peppers and cocoa
  • Potatoes became staples of diet
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRADITIONS: Social

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  • Changed marital status structure in Africa - Polyginy (men had many wives)
  • Slavery became racially motivated(To justify not paying them)
  • Pop increased so demand of products increased
  • Social classes changed (Casta system - Spain hierarchy of mixed raced family)
  • Pop grew due to new foods life span went up
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Triangular Trade

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  • Europe -> Africa: Manufactured goods like guns
  • Africa -> America: Slaves
  • America -> Natural resources and crops (maize) and rum
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Joint Stock Company

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  • Divided out profits and losses between investors (British East India CO. Dutch East India CO.)
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Mercantilism

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  • Wealth was measured in sliver and gold
  • favorable balance (more exports than imports)
  • Colonies existed only to serve mother land
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Commercial Revolution

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  • Goods made to trade for gold and silver instead of other goods (Like before)
  • Example, China with silk for silver
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS:

LABOR SYSTEMS: Hacienda system

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  • Given land to high class or conquistadors and they would employ low class to work for low wages
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: LABOR SYSTEMS: Encomienda system

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  • Benificiary was given control of an amount of Natives to give food and shelter and in return they would work for labor crops
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: LABOR SYSTEMS: Mita system

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  • Compelled workers to work on certain projects for a certain amount of time
  • Used by Incas for public projects but Spain changed it so it would only benefit the ruler and help gain wealth
  • Example; Spain making Incas mine for silver only for Spain
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: LABOR SYSTEMS: Chattel slavery

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  • Straight up owning people
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HOW DID MARITIME EMPIRES IMPACT POLITICAL SYSTEMS?

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  • Religion motivated many political decisions (like to explore)
  • Systems of labor changed
  • Absolute monarchy
  • PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
    • Treaty of Tordesillas - Portugal got Africa and Brazil while Spain got South and North America
  • Relied on Navy
  • Joint stock companies started to exist (by now you should know what that is)
  • The more land in the Americas the better

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