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The discovery of the Americas greatly influenced world history
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The discovery of the Americas greatly influenced world history, and in particular the history of Europe. The development of it's lands and peoples as the beginnings of the new Atlantic World made a great impact on the world system. Of course, this is obvious considering that most countries from Western Europe were involved - "Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, France, the Dutch Republic, Russia, and Denmark."1 The shift in economic centres (particularly for Spain and Portugal), "represents one of the most profound transformations in human history."2 The questions are, what exactly was it's impact, and what effects did it have on the world system? This essay discusses the demographic and economic effects of the Americas on the world system, focussing primarily on population figures since the European settlement of the Americas and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Americas, discovered accidentally by Columbus in 1492, became an object of interest for European explorers...
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