https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn Each team will make a thesis statement answering the prompt on the board! Feel free to add contextualization if you feel it is necessary. After the thesis statements from each team are posted, you will vote which one you feel is best. The team with the most points at the end wins a special prize! en-us 2019-05-07 22:23:07 UTC 2026-02-25 07:26:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358447032 Before Period 5, governments didn't listen to the ideas of the people, which caused conflict and the use of non-violent movements in the contemporary era.]]> 2019-05-09 13:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358447032 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451279 Mercantilism increased global trade, especially unjust trade between more powerful countries and the less powerful, which were ultimately exploited for their goods. Additionally this led to the spread of new innovations to make more produce per yield to increase profit. ]]> 2019-05-09 13:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451279 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451362 During the Early Modern Era, explorations through trading companies, like the East India Company for Britain, lead to the use of mercantilism from the discovery of natural resources in their conquered colonies. ]]> 2019-05-09 13:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451362 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451534 Mercantilism played a role in Beazil’s plantation economy because they wanted to keep up with stronger colonial empires such as England. This helped their economy because it reduced the trade deficit]]> 2019-05-09 13:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451534 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451579 The scientific revolution in the post classical period in Europe gave Europe a technological advantage which allowed them to colonize the Americas (context). The emergence of mercantilism improved the economies of countries like Europe which already had technological advancements due to the industrial revolution.]]> 2019-05-09 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451579 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451911 in the modern period, industrialization was booming. the idea of mercantilism (exporting more than you import) supported industrialization as the mass production of manufactured goods allowed for world powers to use their populations to build their economies]]> 2019-05-09 13:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358451911 https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358452064 As Europeans expanded on the modern era, they created colonies. For example, Spain created colonies in Latin America and in the Caribbean. They relied on slave labor for harvesting cash crops, like sugar. They also used labor to extract silver, which they they exported to Asian countries, mostly China. ]]> 2019-05-09 13:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s9203250/wfrc45acplgn/wish/358452064