The purpose of the petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress was to "<span>c. request that the king consider granting independence to the established colonies" since the colonies wanted to avoid a war with Britain if possible. </span>
The United States practiced a capitalism. The United Soviet Socialists Republic practiced socialism.
An unequal distribution of resources.
Not only goods but also culture was "traded" along trade routes. The Renaissance was a time period of new thinking. Trade influenced the renaissance because it gave Europeans a contact with other cultures that had perhaps developed newer or better techniques and technologies. For example, the Arabic states had advanced universities and had made great discoveries in mathematics.