Author: Hannah Lee, Franklin High School📍Portland, OR From the 16th through 18th century, European empires had transformed the social and economic systems of the New World. Starting off with Christopher Colombus stumbling upon a new continent while trying to find a route to India, to an expansion of the European empire of a Mercantalist relationship with its colonies in the Americas. The inhabitants of the … Continue reading Changing European Empires in the New World

Author: Ecila Carpin, West Campus High School📍Sacramento, CA By the 16th and 17th centuries, the European countries were in an arms race to expand their power and wealth through colonization and trade with the New World. The need to expand trading access to Asia led to the discovery of a whole new continent, allowing the Europeans to utilize the new resources from the Old World … Continue reading Territorial Expansion by 16th and 17th Century European Countries

Author: Rachel Wendel, Sunset High School📍Portland, OR By the end of the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had a lot of power and authority over the people of Europe as it owned approximately thirty-seven percent of all the land in Europe while making money off charging people a steady ten percent tithing for their income. Some people like Martin Luther were questioning the Catholic church’s … Continue reading Technology and the Catholic Church

Author: Ecila Carpin, Orion High School📍Yerba Buena, CA Between 1750 and 1850, Europe and the Americas endured several revolutions that transformed politics and social life. The Enlightenment brought about revolutionary ideologies of liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty that inspired the American Revolution), the French Revolution, and the Latin American revolutions. In this way, these movements overturned monarchies, colonial powers, and rigid hierarchies. Where such revolutions … Continue reading Revolutions and Political Structures in the Americas Between 1750-1850