1. European Expansion and the New World
... trade expansion. Mercantilism also rose due to economic growth and an increase in royal power. Rulers encouraged and supported exports (to sell products to other countries) and discouraged imports (to buy products from other countries). This trade philosophy hoped to supply the ruler's respective home country with wealth as well as new products. A large outcome of European Expansion was the challenge ... ;savage" people. Perhaps the most drastic outcome of European Expansion was the Columbia Exchange. The Columbia Exchange was a world wide spread and trade of basically everything, includ...
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