After Japan instituted a "closed country policy" in 1639, the port at Nagasaki was the only one open to foreign traders; with only the Dutch and Chinese allowed

Africans changed the Americas due to labor. Africans' labor helped build the Americas.

The main economic activity was trade in beaver fur.

Land in America

The Columbian Exchange took important food, such as corn and potatoes, from the Americas. The Columbian Exchange brought bananas, black-eyed peas, and yams to t

gain new sources of wealth,to find new, faster routes to Asia;was spreading Christianity to new lands

 These companies were more than businesses. They were like governments. They had the power to make money, sign treaties, and raise their own armies

Two places where the British settled was in Jamestown and New Netherlands.

They wanted to be isolated because they wanted to reject foreign influence. (Wanted to develop a strong and unified culture)

Colonies were important to European mercantilism because they provided goods that could be sold in trade.

Encomienda system

By agreeing to honor the line of demarcation that divided Portuguese and Spanish land claims

The significance of this voyage - He sailed hoping to find an alternate trade route to Asia and to its riches.