what are the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world from 1492 to 1750?
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I would argue the largest social / economic transformation was "trade / travel by water" from 1492 - 1750.
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labor supply\nfuel  supply\nraw materials\nmarket demand\ninvention\ncapitalistic economic system tolerated and fostered by government ( laws to protect industry)\n\nthis is why england dominated during the early stages of industrial revolution. \nthey had many young men and no need for a standing army so they could work in factories.\n\nthey had a great navy which helped them conquer other countries to get raw materials and bring them home\n\nthey had a great fuel supply from all the coal in newcastle\n\nthey got rid of the catholic church so attracted scientists and had better schools not hampered by religious doctrine. this led to many new inductrial inventions for farming and manufacturing\n\nthey had good markets from surrounding countries but also from the countries they conquered and controlled, such as india, forcing them to buy their textiles made from indian cotton in english mills.\nAny place with these factors of production present will prosper.\nCommunist countries usually flounder.  ( no incentive)  Too religious countries usually flounder.
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Go back to the 18th century.
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1. The turning point from rural to industrial economy\n2. automation, work less and achieve more. freedom (since engines were developed, slavery - the way people had it - was not needed!). More free time => more education. More cultural exchanges.
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The main one I can think of is industrialization. Following the Civil War, we witnessed the birth of corporate America and the making of Getty and Rockefeller. Fortunes were made in Oil and Steel.
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Those are very different questions.\n\nThe first I'd say WWI, the widescale adoption of the automobile, the general rise of automation and the decline of small-plot agriculture, the great depression, the new deal, and WWII.\n\nThe second I'd say probably the loosening of immigration restictions, the exodus from Europe preceeding the two world wars, and the rise of the united states as a world superpower.
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The first European to reach the Americas was Christopher Columbus in 1492 but the continent were already populated by indeginious population before then when the land bridge formed between Asia Europe and America during the ice age and prehistoric people moved there.
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Both continents of the Americas were fully populated by Native Americans in 1492.  Columbus was only the first Spaniard to find the New World.  The Vikings had settled for a short time in Newfoundland in the 11th century.
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Spanish colonies were in the new world (Central and SOuth America and the Caribbean, as well as Africa, and the far east (Phillipines).
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19th century? Hmm, a lot of stuff went down during the 1800s, the most important and impacting of which being the abolishment of slavery in the USA (1864). If this is a competition, I'm betting that A LOT of other people are already going to be presenting slavery abolishment.\n\nSo, for other ideas, there's the enormous Industrial Revolution (1830 and beyond), the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War (what led up to abolishment), the Gold Rush (I think that one was around 1845), Washington D.C. becoming the new national capital, the release of the 'Star-Spangled Banner'. Also, almost 30 new states became part of the USA during the 19th century, so maybe you could report on each (or almost each) one and state its impact on and significance in the development of America as a whole. Good luck in the competition!
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germs. \n\nI saw an interesting program on Discovery about how the bubonic plague so reduced the population of Europe that poor peasants were able to acquire lots of land and wealth, thus leading to the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. \n\nThen the germs won again by killing off the competition when Europeans came to the Americas and elsewhere. Accidental biological warfare was a tremendous advantage.\n\nThen there's the idea that Europeans were so used to killing each other that they'd already developed quite a bit of technology to use when they realized there were other people to kill, exploit, and displace.
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That is a heck of a question.  First of all, that covers 150 years of history!!!\n\nSo the answer is, lots happened!\n\nI can only do this for you...\n\nI hope you know what years you are looking for! (If not, you'll have to cross check by typing in "Elizabethan and Jacobean" and seeing what years they were in. There's only so much I can do!)
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rusian revolution changes\n\nhttp://www.museum.ru/mirror/vlmp/l_VLMPe.asp\n\n:> peace
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Events\nAdam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations \nEdward Gibbon publishes The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire \nAustria abolishes death penalty and torture and decriminalizes witchcraft \nBritish begin to use old ships docked close to shore as temporary prisons, prison junks \nSigning of the Declaration of Independence \n[edit]\nJanuary\nJanuary 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense \nJanuary 20 - American Revolutionary War: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the newly formed state government of South Carolina. \n[edit]\nFebruary\nFebruary 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the colony. \n[edit]\nMarch\nMarch 4 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. \nMarch 17 - American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington commands the placement of artillery overlooking the city at Dorchester Heights. \nMarch 28 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. \n[edit]\nApril\nApril 12 - American Revolutionary War: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. \n[edit]\nMay\nMay 1 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. \n[edit]\nJune\nJune 7 - American Revolutionary War: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. \nJune 8 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières: American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. \nJune 12 - American Revolutionary War: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. \nJune 15 - American Revolutionary War: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. \nJune 17 - Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and constructing the Mission Dolores of the new Presidio of San Francisco. \n[edit]\nJuly\nJuly 2 - American Revolutionary War: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. \nJuly 4 - American Revolutionary War: United States Declaration of Independence. \nJuly 8 - American Revolutionary War: The U.S. declaration of Independence is signed. \nJuly 9 - American Revolutionary War: An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green. \nJuly 12 - Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth England on his third, and fatal, expedition to the Pacific Ocean. \n[edit]\nAugust\nAugust 15 - American Revolutionary War: First Hessian troops land on Staten Island to join British forces \nAugust 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Long Island: Washington's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William Howe. \n[edit]\nSeptember\nSeptember - First running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England. \nSeptember 6 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000. \nSeptember 7 - American Revolutionary War: World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor. \nSeptember 11 - American Revolutionary War: abortive peace conference between British and Americans on Staten Island. \nSeptember 15 - American Revolutionary War: British land on Manhatta
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Read a book called Guns, Germs, and Steel or get it on video if you're lazy.  Basically the author of this book explains how geographic and climactic factors favored agriculture in Europe as their society evolved, this gave them a head start towards modern society.  Africa's climate continues to be less favorable for agriculture and industry.  And in many places their social structure remains focused on survival rather than "progress".  Thats not the whole story, but its a big piece of the puzzle.
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I will only help if I can be cited in the essay.  \n\nThere was a triangle of trade.  Manufactured goods would be sent to Africa.  From Africa, slaves were sent to the Caribbean or North America.  Then from the Caribbean or North America goods such as Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, Rum, and Cotton were shipped back to England.\nThat is what I learned in history but for a detailed explanation check out the site below:
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NO EASY ANSWERS - but useful hints instead, from a (former) world history teacher. \n\n1. Think of who the slave traders wanted - mainly young men who were useful as laborers. So what would happen if a region where most people were farmers lost a lot of its strong workers? Also, think of how the people were removed, and how people would logically react. They didn't go willingly, and their families weren't happy about it. \n\n2. The examples are simply a list, and it's not useful to just copy from an email. Besides, your teacher probably used specific examples, and mine might be different. You'll find most of the anti-colonial resistance taking place between 1890 and 1960, and some examples you can look up are the Asante revolt, the Igbo Women's War, the Bambatha Uprising, the Chilembwe Revolt, the Maji-Maji Rebellion, and the Chimurenga/Second Chimurenga. You should be able to Google these or look them up in a book, or ask your school librarian and get answers fairly quickly - ones that you can remember on the upcoming test because you learned them for homework!\n\n3. Salt and gold had their uses, and more importantly, they were found in different parts of West Africa, so the people with salt traded it for gold, and vice versa. Again, not a tough one to look up yourself, and worth the effort. Try any middle school textbook chapter on precolonial Africa, and you should get a map of the salt and gold trade. \n\n4. Which defeat of Germany? Probably WWI. I don't know if Germany was defeated so much by events as by situations. The alliance against Germany included France, Russia, England and eventually the United States, and the entry of the US into WWI was important. The German u-boat sinking of the liner Lusitania triggered American entry. \n\nThe Bolshevik Revolution in Russia also stirred up a stong enemy in the east. \n\nGermany and its allies were surrounded by hostile powers and unable to get many products needed for fighting a war, including food for the soldiers. So their supply problem was also a cause of their defeat. \n\n5. The time period matters here, and you will have to filter through my ideas to find the ones that fit your class. \n\n- Developing economies grew slowly for a variety of reasons, including:\n  - colonizers made them serve the colonial market, producing less profitable goods, and/or selling them so cheaply as not to make a profit, therefore the colonized peoples never had money to spend on improving their production\n  - many colonies had labor laws that allowed colonizers to all but enslave the locals, which meant that there was little reason to educate the workforce or build for the future\n  - developed countries made and enforced rules that kept developing countries from making certain products (for example, England - which had colonized India - outlawed the production of cloth in India, which meant Indians could grow cotton, but coud only buy cloth from England, which helped the English factories and economy)\n  - Developing countries mainly produce farm, mine and fishery products, and they have to buy industrial products to make a profit, but prices for farm, mine and fishery products declined in the late 20th century, so that people in developing countries had to spend more of their production on equipment from developed economies\n  - In recent decades, developed countries lent money at interest to developing countries, which then had to pay back the interest. Large loans encouraged corruption in the developing world, and as a result the developing countries didn't, well, develop much, and so they were less and less able to pay back their growing debts. Or, for that matter, to do anything else that required money.