CAC China Between the years 500 and 1750, China’s involvement in trade and decisions regarding global trade greatly affected their economy. China has always participated in local trade amongst Chinese societies, however new technologies brought change in the trading system and the people the Chinese traded with. There were also time periods of isolation from other countries that were established in order to have less western influence. Transitions with new rulers, advancements in technologies, and expansion of their empire caused for Chinese economic growth or continuance. Many foreign invaders tried to conquer the empires of China for thousands of years, one of which was actually successful.
Banks that practiced these new methods were established by Christians as a part of the Commercial Revolution, which eventually spread through all of the Christian states. Finally, Documents 5 and 6 further show how trade introduced products from different civilizations hundreds of miles away to each other. The first of these two documents shows how Marco Polo brought new ideas from China back home to Europe, such as the idea of using paper money and coal heating. The Columbian Exchange in Document 6 explains how products from the New World were brought to the Old World to create new foods, some of these products including chocolate, tomato, and
Sending missionaries increased the extent of the spread of religion, while unique customs and religious buildings of each religion appealed to more people and set up a standard of each religion. the Influence of kings and powerful empires enabled easier conversion f the citizens. Buddhist, Muslim and Christian hierarchies actively sent missionaries to seek converts. Xuanzang and John Montecorvino traveled to different regions in China, while Gregory the Great sent missionaries to Kent, England (docs 2, 4, 7). Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk who traveled to India to study Buddhism, influenced Buddhism in China with Sanskrit texts that were brought from India.
Discuss the European motives for expansion and colonization in the New World. There were several reasons that Europeans migrated to the New World. Some of the reasons were, the population growth, the thought of lucrative financial opportunities, and religious difference to name a few. In England there were several epidemics that threatened the life of the population like the Black Death and the bubonic plaque (Brinkley, 2012). In my opinion, this caused families to produce more kids than usual to account for the ones that would become victim to illness.
They wanted to extend their political, military and economic control all over the world. With the booming economy in the United States in the late 1800s, there was a problem with the surplus of goods. Excess production led to declining profits. Americans needed more consumers to buy their products. Industrialists wanted trade to expand into new overseas market where American products could be sold.
Secretary of State John Hay first articulated the concept of the “Open Door” in China in a series of notes in 1899-1900. These Open Door Notes aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China, and respect for China’s administrative and territorial integrity. British and American policies toward China had long operated under similar principles, but once Hay put them into writing, the “Open Door” became the official U.S. policy towards the Far East in the first half of the 20th century. The idea behind the Open Door Notes originated with British and American China experts, Alfred E. Hippisley and William W. Rockhill. Both men believed that their countries’ economic interests in China would be best protected and promoted by a formal agreement among the European powers on the principle of maintaining an Open Door for trade and commercial activity.
This also meant that the land was not used to it full potential, all these factors lead to the famines and causing peasants to up rise using violence against government officials. This was on the verge of the revolution. The deep resentment from the peasantry towards the Tsar increased after the war as lots of money had being invested in the war and Russia had lost. Moreover, Sergei Witte had tried to improve the economy of Russia but it was to make sure that the Russian social order stayed the same. Due to industrialisation, factories were built which lead to rapid growth of population in the towns and cities for example from 98 million in 1885 to 125 million in 1905.
Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian Ocean Region from 650 C.E to 1750 C.E The Indian Ocean trade began in 650 A.D. and lasted until 1750. When the Indian Ocean trade first started out it was very elementary, but over the years there were many advancements. The eagerness to have more goods increased and so did technology. These factors made the Indian Ocean trade more efficient. Trade in the Indian Ocean was affected by different changes of many political powers and it was the main factor of spreading of religion, and linking cultures.
Crusades effected the English people politically, economically, and by exposing the Englishmen to new cultures. The Crusades had a significant influence in Europe in general, not just English people. At the time, the continent was united under a powerful Pope, but by the end of the 14th century, centralized bureaucracies (which have been defined as the foundation of the modern nation state) was flourishing in England, France, Spain, and other countries, due to the tyrannical dominance of the church during the Crusades. The Crusader society in the Kingdom of Jerusalem was also characterized by a culture of innovation, including political structures, governance, and taxation. The need to raise, transport, and supply the large armies led to a flourishing of trade throughout Europe.
The Klu Klux Klan was active and the Nativist Movement against blacks, Jews and foreigners was growing (Williams, 1954). The so called ‘new immigration’ of over 800 000 foreigners in 1920 furthered the dislike of foreigners. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was passed, establishing a yearly quota limiting immigration (Williams, 1954). This was later replaced by the Immigration Act of 1924, further restricting immigration. The US government also raised tariffs on US exports and imports, to and from Europe in an attempt to strengthen the economy and establish the US as economically independent (Williams, 1954).