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Analyze Continuities And Changes From 1500 To 1750

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AP Project “Free Response”: CCOT ESSAY: Analyze continuities and changes in the ways ONE of the following regions participated in interregional trade during the period circa 1500 to 1750. Latin America, including the Caribbean Sub-Saharan Africa Southeast Asia Intro: During 1500-1750, Latin America and the Caribbean developed independently It was isolated and its agricultural economies grew. They had a ritualistic polytheistic religion with “divine” kings and large urban centers. During the period of 1500-1750, interregional trade in Latin American and the Caribbean changed as it was now included in global trade, and had different views on religion, although it continued to have forced labor systems. Body Paragraphs Latin America and the Caribbean’s trading system had now become global but exported the same things. - change: went from being isolationist to being involved in global trade - change: the revenue of Latin America’s exports had now belonged to Europe - continuity: crops were exported based on the economy Latin America and the Caribbean’s religion has changed to monotheistic. - change: went from being polytheistic to monotheistic - change: now started to use missionaries to spread their religious ideas - continuity: maintained some parts of their original religion Latin …show more content…

A new religion was developed based on worshiping the sun. Along with trading inter regionally with Latin American city-states and using forced labor to produce the crops to trade. Due to advancements in technology, Latin America became an integral part in global trade with the exports of cash crops though due being conquered by Spain they became a dependent economy. Trade also influenced their religion but the use of forced labor remained effective. The Columbian Exchange and triangular trade drastically shaped Latin America and the

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