Age Of Expansion

Europe went through a period of calamities during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Populations were wiped out and the church lost much of its power. The population of Europe faced two main crises during the early Renaissance period: the black plague and the Great Schism, and through their reactions, the Renaissance was allowed to flourish.

During the time period between 1550 and 1650, Europe had diverse changes. An important issue of this time was the change in the way people thought. Churches had high level of power due to people believing in the same religion. France. Italy, Germany & Scandinavia, and Spain were countries facing hard times as their ruling were changing.

Southernization and Westernization took hold of many of the Empires in Europe and Asia at that of 1400-1750 when the Early Modern World began to rise. Colonization, exploration, and the building up of empires were the main concerns during this period. This had quite the effect on the people and kingdoms that were being over taken. Exploration and colonization impacted many empires around the globe because, trade began to increase which spread ideas and goods, slavery affected empires by using them as laborers to build their colonies, and there is a competition between the empires of who can obtain colonies and rise to a higher power.

During the time period between 600 and 1750, economic and social continuities and changes impacted Western Europe immensely. One particular economic alteration was the decline of feudal manoralism, prevalent in the early medieval era, as a result of the restoration of commerce following the Crusades. Another major change was the socioeconomic impact of the Age of Exploration circa 1500, which would establish European Hegemony. While economic transforma-tions occurred throughout Western Europe, the influence of the Roman Catholic Church was

The time period of 1450-1750, known as the Early Modern era was a time of expansion and empire building for many places around the world. Places such as Western Europe, Russia, East and South Asia building empires was becoming more and more popular. Some places of Western Europe had colonies in the Americans, while Eastern Europe and Asia tended to stay on their continent. No matter the type of empire whether it had colonies, spread across different parts of a continent, or all in one place they had similar motivations for being built. Western European, Russian, East and South Asian Empires had similar motives for being built, to have an increase in power, to spread religion, and in respect for the ruler.

The upmost important reason for economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650 was an incredible inflation among other things. The Spanish empire brought tons of gold back to Europe and caused the value of gold to plummet. Since this was a situation that Europe had never experienced, they didn't understand it. More gold was supposed to be good, right? Suddenly prices started to rise for no reason. Also in Spain, unlike gold, there was very little silver being produced at the time and therefore pirate attacks began to take place. Other problems facing Europe during this time include, population decline, plague, economic warfare, and famine. As a result of all these problems, social tension was greatly increased, all

In Age of Expansion, Spain sent conquistadors to take over new land to gain gold, spread the word of God, and bring glory to Spain. During this conquest, the Spaniards acted very rude to the natives of the New World and saw themselves as highly superior. These first travels were led by Cortez, who made it very clear that they were the ones in charge. In an excerpt from document 1, the Spanish tell the Indians that they must “agree to let the Christian priests preach to you” or else the Spanish would take them as slaves or kill them.

Importance of the Weaknesses of the French Crown in Explaining the Outbreak of the French Wars of Religion in 1562

With Europe entering the 17th century, its citizens were still undergoing the prosperity that coincided with the emergence of the Renaissance. Economic growth, newly-structured capitalistic movements as well as trans-Atlantic expansion, became the successes of Europe and, as a result, its citizens overcame the overwhelming death toll (due to previous wars and the notorious Black Plague ). This led to an explicit reevaluation of life, the importance of religion, and prospects of power—which all soared to an all-time high. One example of a reevaluation of the “prospects of power” would be the decrees and regulations undertaken by monarchs of the 17th century in response to the Church. Often times, secular rulers would amass power and favorability

Government and society also underwent a process of breakdown during the time. The deadly Hundred Years’ War (which lasted longer than one-hundred years) only contributed to the perilous conditions that people of the time faced.6 The Late Middle Ages also dealt with severe social unrest as urban poor classes began to rise up against the ruling class, despite being stopped, they still contributed to the disorder.7 Without a doubt, situations like war and insurrection led to the eventual discontent of society and collapse of government. We cannot properly examine the crisis of the Late Middle Ages without noticing the troubles of society and government and the effects those problems had on how people saw their lives while living in that

The Dutch Revolt, In the sixteenth century, was a conflict between the Protestant Low Countries, and the Catholic Spanish Empire. This resulted in the division of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands, and eventually the formation of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch speaking north were tolerant to various religious affiliations, whereas, the French and Walloon South, remained loyal to Philip II, and were predominantly Catholic. In order to establish the significance of reformed faith in the success of the Dutch Revolt, this assignment will explore some of the events surrounding the uprising. In addition, it will consider social, economic and political factors, in order to identify how they contribute to the success of the conflict.

In addition, absolute monarchs attempted to interfere with the religion of the people. The most notable case is in England where monarchs constantly attempted to either keep the Protestant beliefs or convert back to Catholicism. Even before the age of absolutism, this was a cause for much unrest. In fact, when James II came to the throne and made it clear he wished to restore the Catholic faith, England was almost thrown into another civil war. Over in Russia, Peter’s adoption of the Julian calendar did not cause so much civil unrest as it did instability due to the resulting confusion. Louis XIV also allowed mistreatment of French Protestants, also known as Huguenots, by revoking the Edict of Nantes. The Edict granted

The Dutch Revolt of the sixteenth century, was a conflict between the Protestant Low countries, and the Catholic Spanish Empire. This resulted in the division of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands, and eventually the formation of the Dutch Republic. This struggle culminated into a Religious split. The Dutch speaking north were tolerant to various religious affiliations, whereas, the French and Walloon South, remained loyal to Philip II, and were predominantly Catholic. In order to determine the significance of Reformed faith in the success of the Dutch Revolt, interpretations from both Peter Griel and Wallace will be explored. Additionally, social, economic and political factors will be considered, in order to determine their

In 1661, France had just emerged from twenty-five years of foreign war against the Habsburgs of the Spanish and Austrian empires. Disorganization was ruled exhaustively all over the judicial system, religious and financial institution with the peace of Westphalia in 1648 came an end to long battle that existed for thirty years straight and the various policies devised pivotal referral point of foreign stance for the generations to come and this was the time when new super powers came into formation for instance the Dutch republic and Austria. Louis chose aggressive tactics to achieve his aim even by the standards of the time and he acquired the expected compensations from Spanish succession and there by achieving security by diplomatic means.

The one constant theme from any period in history we examine seems to be that of change. As Europe began to take shape, it did so with an expansion and contraction rate that was dramatically impacted by changes in political organizations, positive and negative economic forces, and through shifts in social structure. The path to the creation of the European empires was a long and tedious journey. Sixth century feudalism gave way to the creation of a central authority. The thirteenth century was scarred by the Black Death but it brought about economic changes that would resonate well into the Renaissance period of the fifteenth century. Nation-states began their formation as the need for a centralized government dictated. With each step