Labor Systems
Term for a system in which individuals were considered property to be bought and sold
chattel slavery
Chinese dynasty that restricted foreign trade following Zheng He’s voyages
Ming
Mexico City
Define the Middle Passage
middle leg of the Triangular Trade Route where African slaves were brought to the Americas; many died in the harsh conditions; some revolted
Term for material wealth available for investment (to produce more wealth)
capital
Term for an arrangement through which servants were contracted to work for specific period of time in exchange for passage
indentured servitude
English company that began a commercial relationship with the Mughals in the 1600s
British East India Company
Two empires conquered by the Spanish in the 1500s
Aztec & Încă
Two effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa
gender imbalance as males were taken to the Americas; increased polygyny; increased violence due to slave raids by African tribes; temporarily slowed population growth; disrupted family organization; loss of some aspects of culture (which were normally led by men)
companies owned by investors who bough shares in the companies
[+100 for an example]
Joint-stock companies
[British EIC; Dutch EIC]
In South America, labor was a form of taxation in this system
mit'a
The result of the Seven Years’ War in India
Britain won, forcing the French out of India
The Treaty of Tordesillas gave the [country] all lands West of the Line of Tordesillas and gave [country] all lands East of the Line.
Spain; Portugal
[Social class] were born on the Iberian Peninsula and held administrative poisons in the colonies, while [social class] were ethnically European but born in the Americas.
Peninsulares; Creoles
Term for the period where empires’ economies transformed from small-scale and barter-based to large-scale and trade-based using gold & silver
Commercial Revolution
In New Spain, this system required indigenous people to work (mostly in agriculture) in exchange for protection and Christianization
Encomienda system
European-trained Indian private forces that helped the British East India Company move inland
sepoys
The problem with the Treaty of Tordesillas
[Social class] were of mixed indigenous and European ancestry, while [social class] were of mixed African and European ancestry.
Mestizos; Mulattoes
2 causes of the Commercial Revolution
overseas colonies; new trade routes; population growth; inflation
One African empire or tribe that became wealthy through the slave trade with Europe
Dahomey or Oyo
In the 15th century [Asian empire] limited trade with Europeans; in the 16th & 17th centuries [Asian empire] banned Christians and limited contact with Europeans.
China; Japan
One result of the Seven Years’ War in North America
Britain drove France out of Canada; Britain gained control of major trade routes in North America
This maritime slave trade predated the Atlantic Slave Trade, and, while it didn’t trade in as many slaves, it continued to flourish even after the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Indian Ocean Slave Trade
Term for the period of a general rise in prices during the 16th & 17th centuries due to inflation
Price Revolution