The main way in which the Seven Years War did this was because although the war technically ended in a British Victory, the British suffered heavy losses--meaning that the colonists saw that the British were at least somewhat militarily vulnerable.
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The six essential elements are as follows:
The World in Spatial Terms: How are things spaced out, why are they spaced out that way
Places & Regions: Specific areas and what defines them.
Physical Systems: Physical Geography(mountains, rivers, etc)
Human Systems: Populations and how they interact (cultures, religions, economic activities, migration and their movements)
Environment and Society: I don't think this one needs an explanation
The Uses of Geography: Just as the name of this implies it's how geography is used.
They only traded with their home countries or cities.
African goods were subject to falling prices on the world market
Many Enlightenment ideas were incorporated into the founding of the United States and France, since these were revolutions based on the idea that the "people" should be sovereign--not a monarch.
