4.8: continuity and change

demand for labor intensified;

encomienda, hacienda, & the mita systems exploited indigenous labor in the americas previously, but chattel slavery was introduced

laborers were highly in demand, resulting in:

millions being captured & sold to work on plantations & farm cash crops

due to the large demographics of the new american colonies,

social structures became based on racial ethnic identity

spanish colonies in the americas flourished from:

their amounts of gold & silver that was regularly shipped to asia

new global economy expanded ____ in europe

the middle class, but also caused inflation

european rulers used ____ economic policies, which soon got overtaken by capitalism

mercantilist

biggest change to global economy:

integration of the western hemisphere into the global trading network—columbian exchange through maritime technology

the atlantic system:

networks over the atlantic ocean that caused a massive migration and exchanging of goods that allowed culture to grow and flourish exponentially