The Discovery Of The New World Changed European Conceptions, Views, And Material Conditions

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a different opinion on the causes of inflation. The price of wheat and other basic foods increased before the arrival of American gold and silver. Evidence shows there was a population increase. Therefore, the demand for food rose faster than the production did.
The inflation had a negative effect on all of society. Much tension existed in all levels of society. “Without doubt, the Price Revolution and the defensive policies of the upper class contributed to two of the most disturbing problems of the sixteenth century” pauperism and vagrancy”. (Schlisinger, p. 3)
Another change in the economy, which affected all aspects of European life, was the “Commercial Revolution”. One of the most important effects of this revolution was the shifting of trade centers from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. The economic life of the once powerful Mediterranean region tended to stagnate compared with the Atlantic and North Sea.
This shift had a direct effect on urban economies along the ...

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Protestants also used strategies to weaken Catholic Spain by capturing its treasure fleets and by establishing bases of operation to offset Spanish domination of America. The rivalries were chiefly motivated by the noble purpose of bringing Christianity to Native Americans.
Spaniards portrayed acts of violence against the Native Americans in attempt to convert them to Christianity. A protestor to the violence, Bartolome De Las Casas condemned the Spanish conquest. He supported the conversion, but believed it should be done out of the love. Laws were passed to prevent the enslavement of Native Americans, but it was not until Las Casas wrote a book bases on the mistreatment did the ...

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