The development of trade during the middle age increased thanks to the change given in the agriculture, which gave money, industry and markets a bigger importance in economy. The agriculture production was more than the consumption, which meant the creation of wider markets out of the areas. Besides, with the end of multiple wars, the population increased and new trade routes were created.
Many on both sides of the Atlantic may have worried that order was breaking down by the 1650’s due to the burgeoning Atlantic Slave Trade. At its beginning in the 1500’s African imports were often merely indentured servants- this changed drastically by the mid-1600’s. By that time Africans (and their offspring) were seen as mere property to their owners and were often harshly worked in deadly climates with no regard for the slaves’ safety.
Also, significant political unrest in Europe (particularly England, Scotland, and Ireland) waged after the execution of Charles I. This had an effect on the American colonies as well as they were under British rule with an increasing number of African slaves being imported.
That’s all I seek.
And am moreover suitor that I
may
Produce his body to the
marketplace,
And in the pulpit, as becomes a
friend,
Speak in the order of his funeral.
