mercantilsm and capialism

By a.colunge
  • 1490

    the beginning of the mercantilsm

    they developed during the 16th, 17th and the first half of the 18th centuries in Europe. Mercantilism is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. It promotes imperialism, colonialism, tariffs and subsidies on traded goods to achieve that goal.
  • 1492

    The Discovery of américa

    America was discovered thanks to Christopher Columbus in the year 1492, this discovery would evolve the world and the economy.
  • 1493

    the beginning of the columbian exchange

    Thanks to capitalism, the Columbian Exchange began in 1493 after Columbus arrived in America and the exchange of resources between America and Europe and the triangle slave trade
  • 1494

    the discovery of new exchange routes

    New routes were discovered to reach America these change the economy and this cause a revolute in the trade and new recourses apear in europe
  • 1494

    the beginning of triangular slave trade

    from Europe he went to Africa and he enslaved them to take him to American territory this create many races like: Creole
    natives mongrels
  • 1500

    scentific revolution

    there were new ways of thinking about the world and science and whit this revolution many things that was a mistery many people change his form to see the life

  • the beginning of capitalism

    At the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, capitalism was created. capitalism is an economic aspect that is based on exploiting products throughout the world this type of economy was very functional to exchange resources and that there are in the whole world

  • The enlighenment

    The Age of Enlightenment, or simply the Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with global influences and effects. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by means of reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, and constitutional government.