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What Are The Necessities Of European Trade

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Will Beck
The Trade of Necessities
Unlike China or Russia who have more land than they could ever use, Europe had to look beyond their own borders for more land to allow their country and people to continue to grow. With intentions to originally find new ways to sail to India, Columbus stumbled into the Americas. Though Europe didn’t get the trade route they wanted, they found a new one that would change the world of trade by satisfying land need along with resources that were new to the world. Although the Europeans brought negative aspects to the new world, the Columbian exchange enabled the world population to flourish, by creating trade with newfound goods.
The discovery of the Americas was a huge accomplishment for Europe, it allowed Europe to continue to expand along with giving Europe the resources it need to catch up in world trade. Even though Europe's new land was an ocean away, they had the necessities to make it worth it.
Europeans advanced innovations in mapmaking, navigations, sailing, and ship design enabled them to efficiently travel back and forth to the new world. Along with their skills of sailing Europe also had states and trading companies enabling them to effectively mobilize humans and material resources. The new world presented the European people with many …show more content…

The exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas was an incredible feat for the Europeans because it set them up with wealth and precious metals for the beginning of the industrial revolution which they would lead. Without the spread of newfound food throughout the world, the population growth would have slowed dramatically. The Columbian exchange developed societies in the the Americas that sparked another stage of globalization along with reshaping the world's economy providing needs to the

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