“How is the Columbian Exchange like the Internet?”
“How is the Columbian Exchange
like the Internet?”
Bridge Between the Modern and Medieval Periods
• Combination of four eras in European History.
Renaissance
Reformation
Commercial Revolution
Rise of Nations
Age of Discovery
Age of Reconnaissance
Age of Expansion
Political hegemony by economic exploitation
and religious domination
Shift
The Opening of the Atlantic
The Reorientation of European Trade
Technological Stimuli
The Relationship of Government to the Economic Life
of a Country
Effects of Trade
Bullionism
Mercantilism
• Merchants increase tax base.
• Merchants expected governments to provide protection
• Eventually, governments needed to listen to the people.
Exploration
and
Conquest
Effects• Spanish in the
Americas• Lost American
civilization• European
colonies• Slave trade• Spread of
Christianity.• European rivalries
over trade and territory.
The Rise of Nations