Chapter 14 Blog Pt 1

In the first half of chapter 14 Strayer talks a lot about trading. For example, Strayer talks about the spice trade. The spice trade happened in the Indian Ocean and tropical spices were most favored. Some spices that were commonly sold in the spice trade were cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, cloves, and pepper. Chinese silks, Indian cotton, and jewels were also sold in the trading network. Recovering from Black Death Europe's population began to flourish again. Monarchs in Spain, Portugal, England, and France began to tax the subjects and build their military forces to keep up with its growing population. The Portuguese also wanted a cut in the trading network. The Indian Ocean Merchant ships were not heavily armed and the Portuguese saw that as an opportunity to gain control over them. However, they never gained more than half of the spice trade. The Europeans settled on the Phillippines. The indigenous people of the Philippines were forced to relocate to Christian based communities. They had to pay tribute, taxes and they worked without pay. The Dutch also wanted control in the spice trade and control of the production of the spices. They shed a lot of blood and gained control over many small spice producing islands. The British East India Company was less financed and less advanced. They were isolated from the spice islands by the Dutch. India became the British East India Company's trading country. They established three major trading settlements. Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

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