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