Europeans and Asian Commerce
Name the type of empire Portugal established in Asia
Trading post empire
Which two regions were the main sources of silver in the 1500s and 1600s?
Japan and South America
Did slavery exist before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Yes
When was the idea of the "Atlantic World" created?
In the 1970s
What is historiography?
The study of how history is written
What did the British and the Dutch call the companies they established to colonize parts of Asia?
The British East India Company (EIC) and the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Which region was the main source of furs in the 1500s and 1600s?
North America
Why did Europeans decide to enslave Africans for their American colonies?
Because Indigenous people were dying in such large numbers from European diseases
What was happening in the world that made the "Atlantic World" an attractive idea?
The Cold War
Is it possible for an historian to remove themself from the process of writing history?
Yes, but never completely
How did Asian countries think of European traders in the 1500s and 1600s?
They didn't consider them a real political or economic threat
Which types of animals were hunted for their furs? (give at least 2)
Beavers, deer, raccoons, sable, martens
What three things made American slavery different from the forms of slavery that came before it?
It was race-based, heritable, and plantation-based
Why did historians like the "Atlantic World" as an idea?
Because it made it easier to study Europe/Africa/Americas together
OR
Because it made it easier to study the Americas in their whole context
When are the two times that history is or should be rewritten?
Why were the Philippines such a useful colony to Spain?
It was the base of their silver trading in Asia
Which group of people did most of the work of trapping furs and mining silver?
Indigenous/native Americans
Why did the majority of enslaved people end up in Brazil and the Caribbean?
Because sugar plantations had a low life expectancy for enslaved people
Can the "Atlantic World" be separated from their relationships with Asia?
No
How did the historiography around Thomas Jefferson change?
It was discovered that he fathered at least two children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved
Why did so much of the world's silver end up in China in the 1500s and 1600s?
China began charging all citizens taxes which had to be paid in silver
How did fur trapping affect the gender roles of Indigenous people who trapped them?
Men gained prestige for bringing in money and resources to the tribe by trapping, while women lost prestige because they spent so much time processing the furs that the couldn't do as much of their traditional work anymore
What happened to women in Africa as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
They would be enslaved in Africa, enter polygynous marriages, or gain opportunities they didn't have before
Does the "Atlantic World" consider the effects of non-human actors like climate or disease?
No
Who is the historian whose research changed the historiography around Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Annette Gordon-Reed