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1405
Ming Voyages
-Seven in all
-Established new trade routes
-Asserted Ming dynasty dominance over territories -
1432
Ottoman Empire
-peaceful expansion of empire
-established trade routes that tied east to west as never before
-allowed communities to keep religion and cultures instead of forcing their beliefs on them -
1492
Columbian Exchange
-linked old world to new world
-introduced new products to both worlds they had never before been exposed to
-new diseases -
1557
Iberian Influence
-Central point for eastern and western worlds to conduct trade
-Point of reference to get to know other governments -
Changes in England
-Elizabeth aiding Protestant rebels in Netherlands
-Defeat of Spanish Armada by British Fleet
-England new maritime world leader -
Cotton and Slavery
Slave labor still used to produce textiles
Cotton major colonial export
Cotton gin increases export drastically -
Opium War
Britain wants open borders, China wants to restrict this.
China implements restrictions, british refuse it. Chinese take brits hostage, which results in three years war. -
Coolie Trade
-many slaves still used in caribbean to offset economic demands
-compromised of mostly enslaved african, chinese -
US Civil War
-Slavery still big in Southern states
-over 60,000 soldiers dead/wounded -
Spanish America and Liberalism
-reformers claim liberalism will progress country
-abolish slavery
-invest in infrastructure
-reforms short lived -
India, independence from Britain
-Ghandi rejects western ideals
-pushes for independence from Britain
-Urges countrymen to produce own salt, materials -
WW1
-Ends with US responsible for most of global economic output
-Dawes agreement with Germany -
Great Depression
Stock market crash of 1929
Bank closures in US, Austria, Great Britain
Countries abandoning the gold market in favor of independent currency -
Communism
-After Great Depression, countries like China incorporate communism.
-Boasts significant increase to economy
-Boasts high employment rate -
kenyan wars
-1920 becomes formal colony of britain
-increase of slaves and soldiers to britain
-Mau Mau movement incorporates violence to rebel British rule