Unit 4 Part 3: 1450-1750

Commercial Revolution

100

The Dutch East India Company made the majority of their profits in [region]

Southeast Asia (especially, the Spice Islands)

200

One good from the Caribbean that financed fortunes in European countries in the 1700s

sugar or rum

300

[Term] gave certain European merchants the exclusive right to trade in a certain region or product. 

Monopolies

400

While the slave trade initially slowed population growth in Africa, the population in Africa eventually increased as a result of

improved diets due to the Columbian Exchange

500

Explain how investment in trade companies led to economic downturn in France and Britain in the early 1700s 

Investors were being promised a certain return on their shares in trade companies. After a buying frenzy drove up the prices of shares, the bubble burst and investors lost large amounts of money, sending many into bankruptcy and inflicting damage on the entire economy. 

Religion

100

The first significant presence of Islam in America came from

African slaves (10% were Muslim)

200

The effect of the Protestant-Catholic split on settlement in North America

The desire for religious freedom was a major driver for settlement of North America  

Challenges to State Power

100

Term for Russian peasants and runaway serfs who were skilled fighters that lived in modern-day Ukraine, were sometimes hired as mercenaries by Russian monarchs, and sometimes fought against Russian monarchal rule

Cossacks

200

Wars fought in the Caribbean and in former Spanish territories in the Americas; led by Queen Nanny with slaves and former slaves who had escaped and formed independent settlements 

Maroon Wars

300

Protestants William of Orange and Mary took the throne of England from Catholic James II with no bloodshed

Glorious Revolution

400

the first slave revolt in today’s USA; enslaved Africans and white indentured servants revolted

Gloucester Country Rebellion

Changing Social Hierarchies

100

Qing were a(n) [ethnicity] dynasty that ruled over the majority [ethnicity] in China.

Manchu; Han

200

King of France known for his strict, absolutist rule

Louis XIV

300

Mughal ruler who ended jizya tax and was very religiously tolerant

Akbar

400

Term: Many women in the Ottoman sultan’s residence would promote their own children as heirs to the throne, making them socially and politically influential with the sultan

Harem politics 

Changes 1450-1750

100

The most significant change to the global economy in this period

the inclusion of the Western Hemisphere 

200

This European economic class expanded during this period

middle 

300

Mercantilism eventually gave rise to this economic policy 

capitalism

400

In the Americas, new social systems were based on these 2 characteristics. 

birthplace & ethnicity