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476-501 Chapter 16: The Transatlantic Economy, Trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion
You may also want to read The Complete Idiots Guide to European History,
Chapter 13: The Agricultural Revolution and an Expanding Europe (214-218 only) Chapter 14: The French Revolution (219-222 only)

Monday, Nov. 28:

read pages 476-479 (CIG p.214-216) Periods of European Overseas Empires Mercantile Empires Questions 1-5.

Wednesday, Nov. 30: read pages 479-492 (CIG p.217-218) The Spanish Colonial System Black African Slavery, the Plantation System, and the Atlantic Economy Sugar Enters the Western Diet Questions 6-14. Thursday, Dec. 1: read pages 492-501 (CIG p.219-222) Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars The American Revolution and Europe Question 15-20.

Chapter 16 Assignment is due Monday, December 5.

Chapter 16 will be tested in December with Chapters 18 & 19.
Chapter 16 Questions: Check your understanding of the chapter by answering the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Remember to write out the questions and number/letter correctly.
1. List and briefly explain the four periods of European overseas empires. 2. What was mercantilism? What was the purpose of colonies?

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3. What problems were created by mercantilism?

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Ch. 16 Questions:
4. Which overseas areas were controlled by a) Spain, b) Britain, c) France, and d) The

Netherlands
5. What were the main points of conflict between Britain and France in North America, the

West Indies, and India?

6. How was the Spanish colonial empire in the Americas organized and managed? 7. What changes did Philip V and Charles III institute in the Spanish Empire? 8. Why did the creoles feel like they were second-class subjects? What problems would they

later create for Spain?

9. What was the nature of slavery in the Americas? 10.

Why did slavery expand so rapidly in Brazil and the West Indies? did sugar consumption increase so rapidly in Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? (p.485)

11. How did the colonization of the Americas affect the European demand for sugar? Why

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

How did slavery affect the economy of the Europe, North America, and Africa? How did the plantation system contribute to the inhumane treatment of slaves? How did slavery create a negative attitude toward black Africans? What were the reasons behind the War of the Austrian Succession? How did France involve Great Britain? What were the reasons and results of the Seven Years War? How did it affect North America? How did the American colonists and their economy suffer from the British mercantilist system? What were the political sources of American independence? What political reforms were occurring in Britain under George III? What example did the American Revolution and the creation of the United States set for Europe?