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Overseas Colonization and Competition for Empire

Overseas Colonization and Competition for Empire. The New World: the English, the French, and the Dutch. Gold and silver running out  plantations Joint stock companies Jamestown, Virginia (1607) tobacco Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620) Puritans Georgia (1733) Steady flow of immigrants

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Overseas Colonization and Competition for Empire

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  1. Overseas Colonization and Competition for Empire

  2. The New World: the English, the French, and the Dutch • Gold and silver running out  plantations • Joint stock companies • Jamestown, Virginia (1607) • tobacco • Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620) • Puritans • Georgia (1733) • Steady flow of immigrants • Hudson Bay • West Indies • France • Quebec • Slow settlements • West Indies • Canada • Louisiana • Non-Catholics • Lower classes • Fur trade • RCC • French language • Dutch • Manhattan Island • Trading activities • 1664 English seize New Netherlands

  3. European Penetration of the Far East and Africa • Dutch • Spice Islands • Cape of Good Hope • English • India • French • Late in Far East • Trading posts along West African coast for slave trade

  4. The Impact of European Expansion: the Native Americans • American Indians • Plantation and mining systems • black slaves • Intermingled • Limited capacity to resist • French not as disruptive • English occupy and exploit

  5. The Impact of European Expansion: Civilization in India • Few colonists • Trading depots • Mogul decline • Breakdown into small principalities • Hinduism • Caste system • Religious equality • China • Manchu dynasty • “Ocean Devils” • Japan • Tokugawa shoguns • isolationism

  6. The Impact of European Expansion: Sub-Saharan Africa • States across south Sahara • Mali, Ghana, Songhai • East coast • Swahili city-states • Muslim influence • Dependence on trade • Southern tribes relied on simple agriculture • 9-10 million slaves to Europeans • Gold Coast kingdoms • Prime agents of slave trade • Tribes war w/ each other for slaves • deep central Africa untouched • Results • Natural resources depleted • Human resources depleted • Political/social structures disoriented • African elements remain and spread

  7. The Struggle for Overseas Empire • Economic expansion and imperialism • New products • Manufacturing • Shipbuilding • Distribution • Banking/credit • Standard of living • Navigation Act • England • The asiento • Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War) • British capture Canada and India • Robert Clive

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