Untitled Flashcards Set
age of exploration - columbus
colonism speeds up
age of explortaion - europeans raced for overseas
colonies - growth of european commerce and trade
worldwide - commercial revolution
interlude - late 1700s late 1800s
europeans were preoccupied with happenings on the european continent and iin the existing european colonies
american rvolution
french revolution
napoleonic wars
latin american wars of independance industrial revolution
imperialism
beigining arounf 1875
renewed race for colonies
spurred by needs created by industrial revolution
new remarks for finished goods
new source of raw materials
nationalism
colonies = economics abd political powers