ROME DARK AGES RENAISSANCE BLACK DEATH TRADE ENDS INVASIONS LACK OF LEADERS INTERNAL WARS FEUDALISM RISE OF POWERFUL KINGS NATION STATES END OF INVASIONS REVIVAL OF TRADE FAR REACHING CRUSADES UNIVERSITIES RT CIENCE OLITICS NTELLECTUAL ELIGION CONOMIC ARTISTS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMANISM HUMANISM SCIENTIFIC METHOD, EMPHASIS ON FACT BASED EVIDENCE QUESTIONING THE AUTHORITY OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHS DIVINE RIGHT FRENCH/AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS EDUCATION OF THE MASSES PROTESTANT REVOLUTION - DIVISION OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY IN EUROPE ADAM SMITH WEALTH OF NATIONS - CAPITALISM 1492, COLUMBUS SAILS THE OCEAN BLUE OLD WORLDNEW WORLD BANANA, ORANGE, PEAR, HORSE, CATTLE, SHEEP, CABBAGE, COFFEE, RICE, ONION, WHEAT, GUNS CORN, PUMPKIN, TURKEY, SUNFLOWERS, PEANUT, BEANS, COTTON, CHOCOLATE, POTATO, TOBACCO SMALLPOX, TYPHUS, MEASLES, MALARIA, INFLUENZA, WHOOPING COUGH, YELLOW FEVER, TUBERCULOSIS, SCARLET FEVER SYPHILIS EUROPEAN INTERESTS IN NORTH AMERICA MERCANTILISM - ECONOMIC THEORY PROPOSED TO STRENGTHEN EUROPEAN NATIONS GOLD MERCANTILISM CALLED FOR COUNTRIES TO OBTAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LAND COLONIES SERVED AS A SOURCE OF RAW MATERIALS AND A MARKET FOR FINISHED GOODS NORTHWEST PASSAGE TRADERS HOPED TO DISCOVER FASTER ROUTES TO ASIA RELIGION CATHOLIC CHURCH CALLS FOR CONVERTS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN EUROPE FRANCE FISHING SAMUEL de ST. LAWRENCE COLONY FURS CHAMPLAIN MISSISSIPPI OF GREAT LAKES INCLUSION NEW ORLEANS SPAIN GOLD FRANCISCO NEW MEXICO COLONY FORTS de FLORIDA OFFORTS CATTLE CORONADO CARIBBEAN INCLUSION MISSIONS ENGLAND FARMING HENRY ATLANTIC COAST COLONY HUDSON OF EXCLUSION