Exam 16: The Transatlantic Economy, trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion

Mercantilist thinkers assumed that ________.

The mid-eighteenth-century wars had what impact on the domestic politics of the nations that took part?

Although the primary trade pattern of the transatlantic economy was from Africa and Europe to the Americas,a secondary trade pattern existed between ________.

A ________ is a person of European descent born in the Spanish colonies.

The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 was ________.

The first slaves traded,dating to the early sixteenth century,in the transatlantic economy landed on ________.

By the end of the seventeenth century,Spain,Holland,and ________ ruled all of South America.

What crop,more than any other,increased the early demand for slave labor?

What factors led to the alliance of France and the American colonists? Explain the historical factors that led to this alliance as well as the risks and benefits to France of establishing ties with the colonists.

The Spanish experimented with various systems to retain control over their American holdings and the wealth they generated.Which systems would you expect to be the most successful,and why? Which systems seem to you to be particularly bad ideas,and why?

Black slaves had the fewest legal protections in ________.

Until the mid-eighteenth century,the primary purpose of the Spanish Empire was to supply Spain with the precious ________ mined in the New World.

The French and Indian War formally erupted in the summer of ________.

The war over the Austrian succession and the British-Spanish commercial conflict might have remained separate disputes;what united them was ________.

What clues can be found in the document A Slave Trader Describes the Atlantic Passage that indicate the prejudice of the captain? How does this document capture the typical Atlantic passage of a slave? What effects would this treatment have on those who survived to be sold into slavery?

To what region was the greatest number of slaves sent?

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle brought the official end to ________.

Maria Theresa's great achievement was ________.

The American Revolution had what effect on British policy in the short term?

At the outbreak of the French and Indian War,new political alliances formed in Europe and included an alliance between ________.