Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Eddie says...11/13 &11/16

Alright Mrs. Separ, its Eddie Lopez, and I'm gonna do my best to give a recap of the lesson from friday and monday.
So the past two days, we have been talking about the items traded throughout the wolrd; fur, tea and indigo. These items impacted many societys social and economically. So fur was my group, and the producer of fur was in the area of Canada and the northeast region of the americas. Fur was a good desired by the europeans, espically the british, and some areas of russia. Fur was vauled for warmth as the hash winter seasons became very cold. As the british obtained the fur, they used a good portion for themselves, and sold back fur to the americas with a european flare and design to it. The russians also set up posts in alaska to obtain fur for trade and use for there own people.
The next product was tea was a product that was moved and traded to many different regions. Tea was produced in china and was a drink that was wanted in many areas, espically europe. the tea they desired with hand in hand with the sugar they desired and they became infatuated with it. Tea was then sold to the americas from the europeans, as they mad a profit from the british colonies. again, a main theme that is seen is that these world wide items that were being sold to, ended up in europe. the europeans didnt ship out much, but obtained many goods traded world wide.
Lastley, the final good traded was indigo. This good is a purpleish dye that gave color to many fabrics. this item was desired because it showed loyalty wealth and power. It was produce in many places like the americas and africa, but once again was moved to europe. Lastly, indigo could be traded back to the colonies from europe for a profit. The indigo switched up the bland black and grey colors of fabric, and thats why it was wanted.
hope i did a good job. the next person is corey.

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