Author Question: Students should think about what primarily motivated European expansion to the New World. What ... (Read 45 times)

Frost2351 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Women in the ancient Hebrew society

a. were considered equal to their husbands, but not to their fathers.
b. were able to divorce husbands for desertion.
c. never inherited property.
d. were considered as competent witnesses in court.
e. could not be beaten or abused by their husbands

Question 2

Students should think about what primarily motivated European expansion to the New World.

What will be an ideal response?

stallen · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 12, 2019

Answer 1

e

Answer 2

ANSWER: Was it principally for economic gain or religious conversion? Students should point out that both were involved, but better students will argue that the economic motive was perhaps stronger. With regard to the Spanish, consider the establishment of encomiendas and the linkage of available labor to extract mineral wealth from areas like Mexico and Peru. Besides exploiting Indians, African slaves were imported by all the colonial powers to produce wealth. The English used profit-seeking companies to try to establish colonies, while the French and Dutch focused on trade with Indians to make profits. When combining religious and economic motives, better students will relate the story of de las Casas and his appeal to the Spanish court that was well aware of an Indian demographic collapse and its connection with the potential to extract mineral wealth from Spanish colonies. The Spanish success in the New World inter-twined with European power rivalries as other nations attempted to challenge Spain both in the old and new worlds. England, France, and the former Spanish colony, the Netherlands, all competed for power through expansion of colonial empires linked to the mother country in Europe and promoting a trans-Atlantic rivalry and culture.