Blog 6 Chapters 14-16
These three chapters were very interesting to read. It has
more recent events that are still connected and continues up into the 21st
century. During the 1450-1750 major changes evolved from the European Empires
across to the new land, the Western Hemisphere. According to Strayer, “European
colonies from Spain, Portuguese, French and Dutch and British were developed in
the new land across the Atlantic Ocean.”(p.403). It was a major transformation
of new societies. It became a mixing-pot of diverse peoples and cultures all
mixed together. It was globalization process that created the Americas.
Europe’s American empires mentioned above were different that other types of
conquest in the past. The idea normally was to attempt to overpower the empire
next to their borders. The European Empires in the Americas was different. They
set out for maritime expeditions across the Atlantic Ocean and settled in the
eastern coast of North America, Brazil, they conquest the Aztecs and the Inca
Empires as well. These European people wanted to extend their access to better
commerce and decided to expand. The commoners, missionaries, and persecuted
minorities where in search of freedom and a new opportunity in life. Over time
these European took over the lands, developed new societies and advance in the
agriculture of food crops such as potatoes, cassava and corn and which became a
very strong source of commerce.
During the 1450-1750 commerce became a key element to
globalization. Global commerce came as the result international trading of
supply in demand. This commerce gave rise to human slave trade, spice trade,
silver, and furs in which forever changed the life of humans and the natural
environment. Through all of these changes came the sense of major inequalities,
unfairness, and abuse in the life of slaves as well the indigenous people and
American Indian tribes. On the other hand, it benefited the slave-owners with
cheap or free labor. During the fifteen century due to the population growth,
Spain, Portugal, England, and France they decided to tax their people, began a
strong military force that were well equipped. As the population was growing,
their cities were developing as well.
“England, Netherlands and northern Italy became centers of
international commerce and the capitalist economy expanded given rise to
private business, and investment.” (p. 434) Global circulation of trade goods
evolved and by the nineteenth century all the empires had ceased and by the
twentieth century slavery had been legally terminated and the global commerce
still continued strong.
Globalization of Christianity was mainly the result of the European
traditions that were brought to America and became a strong influence in the
new society. This religion of Middle Eastern origin became a very influential
religion. At the same time a new group of European thinkers were generating a
new philosophy about religion. This was known as the “Scientific Revolution, a
different approach to the explanation to the world.” (p. 461) The expansion of
multiple religions around the world over centuries have shaped and influenced
different societies up to the twentieth century. From Christianity with a
Middle Eastern origin, expanded throughout Europe to America to the Philippines
and Siberia. Multiple Asia and African populations took on and practice the
Islamic religion, which originated from the Arabs. Buddhism originated from
India and continues to be practice in Asian countries.
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