FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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The newly acquired land and the growth of crops
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Europe’s new wealth and growth of overseas trade
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Newly acquired humanists and the growth of philosophers
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Newly acquired seeds and the growth of trees
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was one reason for the growth of trade in Europe? European cities were located on trade routes. How did merchants and bankers use their increased wealth in a way that contributed to the Renaissance? They ordered and paid for new buildings and art.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The desire to find new trade routes to Asia was one of the motivations for European explorations. Europeans were seeking the wealth of Africa and Asia. They wanted profit, they wanted gold. The spice market was also a huge profit of trading and several countries tried to gain control of spice trade.
Detailed explanation-4: -For starters, the Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion, which began in the 16th century. The catalyst for this expansion was Europe’s discovery and colonization of the Americas. As trade routes grew between the New World colonies and Old World Europe, the European continent was transformed.