Social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750
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El Mina a Portuguese trading center is established on the coast of Africa.
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The Kango king Nzinga Mvemba converts his whole kingdom to Christianity.
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Christopher Columbus landed in what he thought was Asia, but turned out to be the Bahamas.
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Colonial administration was established in the Americas at this time.
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The Columbian Exchange the the trading of goods across the Atlantic ocean. It included Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It was the exchange of crops, slaves, diseas, and animals. It played a very significant impact on each society. The native populations of the Americas were decimated, thousands of slaves were brought to the Americas, and the European population exploded due to the new crops such as potats. Cultural diffusionalso was a big effect of this trade route such as religion and culture
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Colonies were established and settled in the Carribean.
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The first expiditions to North America to colonize
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Europeans began to see how decimated the native population was and began bringing African slaves to the Americas
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Gun Powder Empires and expanding international existing states and societies were transformed. African colonies/empires already used slaves and saw having them as a sign of wealth. Examples of empires like this are the Asante and Dahomey.
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The French reach Canada
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Most of central Mexico was brought uder Spanish rule.
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Silver mines were discovered, Polosin, in what is now pure. Silver became a major trade item for the Spanish.
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Egland and France began exploring the Americas and began establishing colonies.
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American Plantation colonies develop.
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The Portuguese establish their settlement Luanda in what is known as Angola.
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The British beat Spain in a sea battle, this event set the British up to have dominace of the seas.
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Slave trade in African societies predomints over all other kinnds of commerce on African coast.
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Gold was found in Brazil
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The American colonies went under reform
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Spanish King Charles III died without and heir. Philip of Anjor, Bourborn relative of the king of France, became the succesor of the SPanish king. This shows that Spain lost its commercial monopoly.