AP Euro Unit 5

The Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade created competition between the ___ states.

Atlantic

After the 80 Years’ War, the ___ Republic became the dominant maritime trade power in the Atlantic.

Dutch

The British engaged in economic warfare to overpower the Dutch by instituting the ___, which said any goods being shipped to Britain or its colonies had to be shipped on ___ vessels.

Navigation Acts, British

The Navigation Acts guaranteed a monopoly for Britain merchants and weakened ___ dominance in Atlantic trade, making Britian a lot of enemies.

Dutch

After diminishing the power of the Dutch in trans-Atlantic trade, ___ became Britain’s most potent economy rival, leading them into a series of conflicts involving ___ holdings.

France, colonial

The War of ___ created the possibility of France and Spain uniting, meaning Louis XIV would also have hold over all their colonies.

Spanish Succession

The War of Spanish Succession was settled in the Treaty of ___, which shifted economic power to ___ by forcing France to give it some of its colonial holdings and Spain to grant it access to its Western African slave trade, known as the ___.

Utrecht, Britain, asiento

The Portuguese dominated ___ trade by the 1600s, but the Dutch and British aimed to dethrone it.