Trade & Tastes in the Early Modern Era
During the 1700s, the Atlantic system was created which had encircled America, Africa, and Europe. The Europeans bought slaves from Africa and sold them in the Caribbean and the Americas to work in plantations. Trade products such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco were some of the dominant crops grown in plantations during the Early Modern Era.
Coffee had a tremendous impact on long distance and European expansion. The use of coffee created social traditions such as coffee houses which became a gathering place for men and each "house" attracted different classes and professions. In the beginning, individuals drank coffee in private more medical purposes. By the mid-seventeenth century, coffee houses had opened all over Europe in cities such as Vienna, London, Oxford, Paris, Venice, and Marseilles. The Dutch were the first to grow coffee beans in Java and Ceylon. During the early eighteenth century, the English tried to grow their own coffee......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 718
Approximate Pages: 3 (260 words per double-spaced page) |