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18th Century European Affairs Conflict - Britain v. France for commercial and colonial supremacy
- Prussia v. Austria for central European dominance and a new balance of
power was formed with
- Prussia as a great power
- Great Britain built a world empire


Expense of 18th century European Conflict - Expense of these wars
- reconstruction of taxation and finance
- American Rev
- Enlightened Absolutism
- French financial crisis continent
- Reform of Spanish Empire in South America


1st stage of European contact w/ the rest of the world - European discovery exploration, conquest, and settlement of New World
- Portugal and Netherlands penetrated Southeast Asian workers




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European Overseas Contacts - Mercantile empires
- Colonial trade rivalry among Spain. France, and Great Britain
- Empires promoted trade and commerce
- Colony competition--> creation of large navies
- England/ France naval wars
- African slavery and African slavery frustration
- Independence movements of colonies


European Contact Overseas - New formal empires in Africa and Asia
- Goals of empire building included trade, national honour, Christian missionary
enterprise, and military strategy


European Contacts Overseas Mid- late 20th century
- Decoloinsation of people previously under European colonial rule


Mercantile Spanish Empire - All mainland of South America except Brasil (Portugal) and Dutch Guiana
(Netherlands)
- Central America and islands
- North America: Florida, Mexico, California, and Southwest

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British Mercantile Empires - Colonies along North Atlantic seaboard
- A few trading stations on the Indian subcontinent


French Mercantile Empires - Saint Lawrence River Valley, Ohio, Mississippi River Valleys
- West Indian islands
- Stations in India and West Coast of Africa


Dutch Mercantile Empire - Dutch Guiana
- Cape Colono in South Africa
- Trading stations in West Africa, Sri Lanko. and India
- Controlled trade with Indonesia


Mercantilism - Measure of nation's wealth is the amount of gold and silver bullion
- Nations grows at another nation's expense
- Nations built large armies and names for conflict
- Sought trading monopolies
- Colonies/ mother country has exclusive trade
- Governments stated navigation laws, tariffs, bounties, and prohibitions against
illegal trading
- Colonies realised if was cheaper to trade with other countries than mother
country


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