World history/WHME101/Impact of global trade/Balance of power

Reading

Read the following article from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What factors encouraged English trade with other countries?
• What countries emerged as leading trading partners?
• What products were traded?
• How did this facilitate the emergence of England as an international power?

The Saylor Foundation, The History of the British Empire, 2013.

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