Essential Question : How did global interactions change after the colonization of the Americas by Europeans ?

Question

Essential Question : How did global interactions change after the colonization of the Americas by Europeans ? In a written 2 paragraph response, provide your observations and reactions to the essential question. Be certain to support your answer referring to evidence found in the historical resources. Consider how these events have impacted our lives today

Answer 1

I don’t know what the historical resources are that you’ve been using, but the colonization of the Americas was primarily a commercial movement. The Mayflower colonists who landed in Massachusetts, for instance, were financed under a contract with a monopoly called The Merchant Adventurers. The colonists were required to purchase all their finished goods, including cloth to make their clothes, from England, and to send all of their raw materials, particularly wool from the sheep they brought with them, to England to be made into finished goods for them to buy.

Answer 2

The global interactions changed considerably. In answering these questions you can include the examples of the triangular trade which ultimately led to the industrial revolution, the revolutions and other european colonization efforts around the world, the impact of cultural factors, diseases, foods, and others effects on european society. You can include slavery and the attitude of the world to colonialism as well as the wars and conflicts that occurred due to extraneous factors.