Overview From the early 15th century, Medieval Europe began to morph into early modern Europe. In the later Middle Ages trade had expanded, towns had grown in number and size, and a new, more sophisticated society had emerged. In large parts of western Europe feudalism, with its fragmented power-structures, had begun to give way to […]
Netherlands
Colonial North America
Early colonization The Spanish had long been in control of Mexico, and claimed a huge swathe of territory reaching from high into what is now the USA, by the time the first English colonies were being planted on the eastern seaboard of North America. At the same time, the French were installed along the banks of […]
European World Empires
Contents Introduction Discoveries Conquistadors Colonial Rivalries The Colonization of North America and the Caribbean The Seven Years War The Revolutionary Wars Industrialized Imperialism The Scramble for Africa (and other places) The High Imperial Age The Decline of European Empires Introduction This is an introductory article to an astonishing chapter in world history. It deals with […]