Discuss The European Involvement In Foreign Trade

Europe seemed to remain the most neutral in this desperate silver trade, choosing to remain only involved enough to observe. British merchants were not entirely reliant on trade to or from the Asian worlds so merely recorded how China received “nothing but silver” (Doc. 4) and the Portuguese use this to “their good advantage in China”. However, England could not remain completely unaffected as scholars such as Charles D’Avenant observed. Luxury goods especially spices and silks have become prominent in European culture. While Europe draws from Asia “nothing on solid use” it has “tasted of this luxury” (Doc. 8) and it is not advisable for England to pull out of this silver trade. England could afford to remain more objective, but it could not pull out entirely. It had roots planted early on, and it would cause severe social disturbance to tear them up.

Europeans were motivated to conquest to gain money, and trade was one of the channels where they found it. However, during

While differing ecomically and politically in their responses to western penetration, Japan and China had similarities in the way of geography. China only allowed Europeans to trade with it in a limited number of ports and cities, which limited the amount of goods Europeans were allowed to transfer overseas. Japan isolated itself as a whole from trade for an entire decade, and when it did open it was cautious towards westerners. Additionally, both were bordered by the ocean at least to a certain extent – Japan was surrounded entirely, being an island, by water, and a large percentage of China’s borders was water. It is because of this that the third similarity arose – both did trade by ocean. China with Britain, simply because it was the easiest, cheapest, and most efficient form of travel between the two, and Japan because there was obviously no choice considering Japan is an island. These geographical similarities arose purely from the coincidence that both were bordered by the ocean, which created the necessity for boats and by the time the opportunity for trade

During the 15th and 16th century, exploration became the new norm of society. Each individual country had their own motives, reasons and goals regarding voyages across land and sea. For instance, Christopher Columbus, in the name of Spain, voyaged out to find an alternative route to Asia. The Portuguese, tried to increase their knowledge about trading. Moreover, while some traveled to increase their powers, Zheng He, of China, traveled to discover raw resources and generate more capital into China’s economy. If we compare the maritime policies of the kingdom of Spain and Portugal on the one hand and the Ming Empire on the other the differences in motives clearly outweigh the similarities between these two societies. For example, the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal traveled to spread Christianity, to gain land, to rule over new subjects and to spread their power throughout the different continents, while as the Ming Dynasty was only interested in capital and new/raw resources.

Despite a blistering cold war between east and west Europe in the 1950’s, including the violent suppression of anti-communist protests in 1956 Hungary, the six founders of the ECSC reconvened in 1957 and signed the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community, or the “Common Market”.

Many European countries such as Germany, France, and Great Britain, as well as Russia, Japan and the United States wanted to gain control of the Chinese market and dominate the trade and goods of that country. The result of

The author, who is presumably against trade with Asia, argues for the restriction Indian textiles, most likely hoping to persuade government action in Parliament. The author does this through the claim that Europe sends all of its valuable gold and silver to Asia but receives nothing of worth in return and the assertion that most of the gold and silver was sent there to never leave again. Through this passage, the author illustrates how silver precipitated a trade imbalance between Europe and Asia, as Europeans often traded their silver in return for impractical luxury goods and

This related perfectly with Charles d' Avenant's “An Essay on the East­Indian Trade”(Doc#8) which is written by a English scholar who speaks of how Europe also buys Asian commodities

i) The exotic delights of Asia were expensive in Europe due to transportation; they wanted to find a cheaper route to riches of Asia or other sources.

Document 1 shows that the Europeans taking over the economy hinders the development of other countries. They took over most international trade, as their ships were traveling everywhere and trading, rather than other countries getting to play important roles in the world economy as well. In Document 3, the Dutch Trading Company's development is increasingly destructive, as they burn cities to the ground and kill entire populations just for their own benefit. Document 4 is an image of the destruction that aggressive Spanish ships cause to others, just so they can be sure that their growing profits are completely secure. Document 6, as well, shows the destruction and unnecessary fighting that occurs due to the different European countries trying to gain control of the trade industry.

Because of these new class of European merchants and business people the demand became greater and similarly did they compete against each other for the supply of silver in the Americas. Though the flow of silver was sought as beneficial to China, it eventually lead to

Economically, Europe co-opting ideas with Asia would boost both economies especially Europe’s. Therefore, instead off trying to take over the Asian trade market, the nations should have joined forces and worked with each other’s idea. For example, instead of Britain trying to maintain dominance over

Imperialism is way for a nation like Europe to expand its influence and control over the entire world by going into different nations and imposing their foreign ideologies. The Europeans would begin to shift into a superpower of the world while in the early beginnings of imperialism. Europe would begin to force ideas with Africa to gain influence on western trade which is one of the reasons for them expanding towards the Chinese dynasty as well. Europe at the time of transition between the Old World and the New World did not hold back on expansion which would eventually lead to many economic advancements.

The Trans-Atlantic Trade was a complicated system of commerce between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the eighteenth century. All three continents had different supplies and demands that were subsequently traded throughout the regions involved. The Trans-Atlantic trade was caused by the increasing demand for luxury items from Europe and Africa, eventually resulting in slavery and cultural diffusion throughout the entire world.

Trade was the first motive for European exploration. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Italians and Muslims had control of the Mediterranean. Because of this, countries such as Portugal lacked access to Asian trade routes, since they lacked the resources to break through “the Italian dominated trade of the Mediterranean” (Arnold 4) Such countries were forced to explore and expand in order to find new routes around the world to reach Asia, causing them to search for goods and trade beyond their borders, acquiring land and resources along the way, which in turn expanded European trade and economy. Another factor was Europe's search for new trade. European merchants discovered that they could no longer sell their merchandise in Asia and Africa, as many of their products were deemed inferior to their African and Asian counterparts. They attempted to sell “crude woollen cloth in Asian markets accustomed to fine silks and calicoes” (Arnold 3) The Europeans needed a new market, motivating them to send explorers such as