shipment of silver was sent to Spain . Potosi was constructed following the Europeans models. The streets were called and divided like in Spain. At that time more than eighty six churches were built that means that in almost every corner there was a church and the city’s population increased to nearly 200‚000‚ making it one of the largest and wealthiest cities in Latin America and in the world. Probably around 1669 to 1672‚ many mints were established
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DBQ The heightened flux of the pound sterling‚ or the element known as silver between the 16th and 18th centuries caused social and commercial influences or effects in every region linked with trade by rising the unification of Europeans in the world trade‚ and at the same time creating prodigious economic opening and causing social division in China. The impact of the flow of silver around the world on Spain’s economy can best be depicted in documents two and six. In document two‚ Spanish scholar
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continents. Their holds were meticulously subdivided for the precious cargo according to strictly enforced contracts. According to Flynn (1995)‚ the great treasure ships were “the birth of world trade” (p.201). The Manila Galleons were carrying silver to China and luxury goods as silks‚ spices‚ and other precious merchandise to New Spain. On the return leg‚ the precious Asian wares traveled across the Pacific‚ via the Philippines (colonized by Spain in the late sixteenth century)‚ to Acapulco on
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Jacob Gonzalez AP World 11/29/10 DBQ Even though the economic affects of the flow of silver from middle Sixteenth century to the beginning of the Eighteenth century seem to play out nearly the same in the different countries‚ the social affects are way more custom based on the source’s pov. Documents 4 & 5 show that silver was the preferred way of pay even though the sources weren’t from the same points of views (British and Ming respectfully)‚ however; documents 2 & 7 show that Spanish
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Second Reading of Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ (Slowly‚ silently‚ now the moon) Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ describes the beauty of a moonlit night and the effect of the moonlight on the earth. The poet has sketched a number of different pictures of the moonlight scene through extended metaphors. But as we know De la Mare’s writings have an eerie‚ fantastic quality‚ which serves as a means of entry into a world of deeper reality‚ his perceptions in ’Silver’ endow with charm and candor . The
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In terms of ascertaining the identity of the metals‚ I was capable of deducing a definite‚ possible identity for the golden metal‚ however‚ I could not provide a definite‚ possible identity for the silver metal. Conversely‚ the results of the experiment themselves‚ whether volume‚ mass‚ or density‚ proved insufficient in my attempts to distinguish the identities of the metals. Thus‚ during the experiment‚ I also observed the color of the metals‚ and used these observations in my assessment of the
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1. For what reasons‚ according to Thornton in Chapter 2‚ did trade flourished between Africans and Europeans? a. Trade between Africans and Europeans flourished due to both Africans and Europeans desire for luxury and a variety of manufactured products. Africans could have easily produced the imports received from Europeans‚ according to Thornton‚ but they’re production methods were elaborate and they often took a while to make the high quality goods. In turn‚ they began to look to European trade
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international trade networks aided in shaping the world. In these trade networks‚ the spice‚ silver‚ slave‚ and sugar trades were especially important in affecting the world. The silver trade became a huge part of the world economy‚ and allowed Europe greater participation in East Asian commerce. Silver was central to world trade and more important than the spice trade in creating a global exchange network. Most of the silver that circulated came from the Americas‚ especially Potosĺ‚ Bolivia. Potosĺ became
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The flow of silver all over the world affected people socially and economically. All taxes and fees were demanded to be paid in silver by the Ming Chinese government which began to lead the world in silver production. During the mid-16th century to the early 18th century‚ the flow of trade caused social and economic effects in all regions linked with the trade by increasing the unification of Europeans in the globalization of world trade and creating greater economic opportunities but also growing
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In the story Treasure Island‚ Long John Silver and Captain Smollet are both leaders on the pirate ship. Although they both lead the ship‚ they have many similarities‚ but also many differences. In the book the author Robert Louis Stevenson characterizes captain Smollet to be a mature‚ wise captain‚ and characterizes Silver to be the immature‚ ignorant one on the ship. Captain Smollet and Silver are alike in a few ways. One way they are alike is that they are both happy‚ jolly leaders. Both
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