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AP World History: Modern
Unit 4 – Global Connections: 1450-1750
Topic 4.5
What were the four main causes of the Commercial Revolution?
Development of European colonies overseas, opening of new trade routes over the Atlantic and Pacific, population growth, inflation caused by increased mining
Increased demand for Asian goods, development of joint-stock companies, emergence of Atlantic Slave Trade, rise in prices
Economic disputes between states, formation of new syncretic religions, destructions of native literature and art in Americas.
Introduction of Mercantilist policies, establishment of monopoly companies, demographic changes in Africa from slave trade, spread of diseases
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