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colonies and plantations are established in America's and trade starts to shift from Indian Ocean to Atlantic Ocean
America= quiet economy
Africa=quiet economy
Wester Europe= on verge of economic explosion -
brought Americas into play and communticatiosn expanding
more globalization
new social structure in America -
Europeans remained on top socially and economically throughout this period
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created new social structure based on race with penisulares, creoles, mestizos, mulados, and slaves
not passive like other areas; fought agaisnt Western infulence and settled for a mixture of each culture
Latin American prodects remained in demand despite declline in precious metals and when they started to seek political independence, they still remained economically dependent -
from slave trade, new African cultures
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through Middle Passage Africans were being tranfered to Americas for cheap labor for the many cotton, sugar, and tabocco plantations
destroyed social stuctures in Africa= demand for male slaves, left the population mainly female which broke up traditional family patterns and tore up culture
slaves from Africa to America because cheap and hard to find Native American slaves because dying off from new diseases
put Africa on the economic map and provided workers that fueled the others economies -
put America in the loop for all the trade
Europe became even more powerful
new foods and wider trade patterens helped some socites deal with scarcity
indicidual merchants gained new wealth everywhere