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2. Competition for Empire and Economic Expansion 2.1 Global Economy of the Eighteenth Century 2.2 Europe after Utrecht, 1713-1740 2.3 Demographic change in the 18 th Century 2.1 Global Economy of the Eighteenth Century Mercantilism

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  • 2. Competition for Empire and

Economic Expansion

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2.1 Global Economy

  • f the Eighteenth

Century 2.2 Europe after Utrecht, 1713-1740 2.3 Demographic change in the 18th Century

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2.1 Global Economy of the Eighteenth Century

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Mercantilism

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Mercantilism

  • Limited Wealth
  • Trade is Zero-Sum
  • Governmental

Involvement

  • Colonies: “Trade

Benefits the Mother Country”

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Mercantilism

  • Jean-Baptiste

Colbert (France)

  • Dutch East India

Company (1602)

  • British East India

Company (1600)

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Competition

  • New World
  • Caribbean
  • Southeast Asia
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2.2 Europe after Utrecht, 1713-1740

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Themes

  • State Building
  • Mercantilism
  • Professional

Armies

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After Utrecht

  • Louis XIV’s Wars
  • Peace of Utrecht

(1713)

  • Rise of Frederick

the Great

– War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

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The “First World War”

  • Diplomatic

Revolution (1756)

– France and Austria – Prussia and Britain

  • Seven Years War

(1756-1763)

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

  • Prussia Survives
  • British Global

Empire

  • Fiscal Burdens

– American Revolution – French Involvement

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2.3 Demographic Change of the Eighteenth Century

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Demographic Trends

  • Agricultural

Revolution

– Increased life expectancy – Shift from older to earlier marriages

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Demographic Trends

  • Population boom

after 1750

  • Global Diet (Potato)
  • Medical

improvements

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