Chapter 18 Interactive Concept Map

New Patterns in New Worlds: Colonialism and Indigenous Responses in the Americas, 1500–1800

. Click on years "1500" and "1800" in the concept map. What was one of the most direct outcomes of European colonization of the Americas?

Availability of "virgin lands" to European settlers

Availability of new lands whose climate mirrored those of Europe

Possession of subtropical and tropical regions that produced cash crops and precious metals

Possession of new population centers that offset Europe’s manpower shortage

. Read the "Putting It All Together" section. According to the authors, the addition of the Americas made Europe completely self sufficient.

True

False

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