“How is the Columbian Exchange

like the Internet?”

Bridge Between the Modern and Medieval Periods

• Combination of four eras in European History.

Renaissance

Reformation

Commercial Revolution

Rise of Nations

Age of Discovery

Age of Reconnaissance

Age of Expansion

Political hegemony by economic exploitation

and religious domination

Shift

The Opening of the Atlantic

The Reorientation of European Trade

Technological Stimuli

The Relationship of Government to the Economic Life

of a Country

Effects of Trade

Bullionism

Mercantilism

• Merchants increase tax base.

• Merchants expected governments to provide protection

• Eventually, governments needed to listen to the people.

Exploration

and

Conquest

Effects• Spanish in the

Americas• Lost American

civilization• European

colonies• Slave trade• Spread of

Christianity.• European rivalries

over trade and territory.

The Rise of Nations