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Social: Western European dominance was felt, slavery was rampant, social division was common, culture transfer occurred
Economic: Western Europe became rich and inflated, the Americas based economy on agriculture, Africans sold other Africans for money, -
Social: Western Europe developed the white man's burden, racial prejudice formed in the Americas, social class strengthened in African warring groups
Economic: Western Europe gradually became inflated, the Americas started to depend on encomienda systems, African warlords sold captured slaves for weapons of conquest -
Over this 150 year period, prices in Europe increase roughly sixfold.
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Eventually begins the Columbian Exchange, the trade flow of goods, diseases, crops, animals, and slaves across the Atlantic
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Spanish began the encomienda system to make the maximum profit from the farms in the Americas.
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Changes the social dynamic of the region, including complicating social differences between Spanish, Natives, Africans, and any combination thereof.
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Hernan Cortes began a series of attacks on the Aztecs to capture the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
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Hernan Cortes and Xicotencatl the Younger capture the capital city of the Aztecs, causing the demise of the culture.
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Francisco Pizarro and his company of 180 men captured Emperor Atahuallpa, effectively ending the stable Incan Empire. The capture was a power move to steal plunder and political power from the Incans.
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Silver from the Americas is one of the main contributors to European inflation.
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European contact with Africa initiated African tribes' conquest of neighboring tribes. When the Europeans offered tribes guns in exchange for slaves, the African lords saw an opportunity to profit. The warlords with guns conquered other tries and used the slaves from those tribes to pay for more guns.
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The rush sparked a major mining industry in Brazil and made Europe realize the potential of mining in South America, not just of gold, but iron, coal, and diamonds.
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Dahomey copies the Asante in the trade of newly-captured slaves for guns.