Sept. 4, 1998
The European Invasion of America
Dynamics of European Expansion
Crisis of the 14th Century:
the Plague and other problems
Recovery of the 15th Century
- Population rebound
- Economic expansion
- Political centralization
- Reunification of the Catholic Church
- Technological Innovation
Chinese Counter-example
The African Connection
Portuguese exploration
African commodities
European Discovery of a "New World"
Columbus
Cortez and conquest of the Aztec Empire
Origins of English Colonization
Delay
Sexual Politics of Henry VIII
Principal Preconditions & Purposes of Elizabethan England’s Expansionism
Pursuit of profits
Poverty
Population
Protestantism
Patriotism
Precedent: Ireland