PACKET E
Module
14
Topic
Workshop #46
Gunpowder Facilitates
Imperial Expansion
PERIOD 4
KEY CONCEPT
4.3
State Consolidation
and Imperial Expansion
POLITICAL
AP Themes 4.3.2
ECONOMIC
Trading-Post Empires
Gunpowder Empires; State Rivalries
Land-Based and Maritime Empires & Expansion
State Consolidation & Imperial Expansion
Imperial Expansion
Gunpowder Empires and Trade
Topic Workshop #46
PRIMARY STATEMENT OF ANALYSIS
Imperial expansion relied on the
increased use of gunpowder, cannons,
and armed trade to establish large
empires in both hemispheres.
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Supporting Statement of Evidence
Europeans established new trading-post
empires in Africa and Asia, which proved
profitable for the rulers and merchants
involved in new global trade networks.
Dutch and Portuguese Trading Post Empires
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Supporting Statement of Evidence
These trading-post empires also affected
the power of the states in interior West and
Central Africa.
African Colonialism
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Supporting Statement of Evidence
Land empires –including the Manchu,
Mughal, Ottoman, and Russian- expanded
dramatically in size.
MANCHU (QING) EMPIRE
FRENCH MARITIME EMPIRE
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Supporting Statement of Evidence
European states established new maritime
empires in the Americas, including the
Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French, and
British.
PORTUGUESE MARITIME EMPIRE
SPANISH MARITIME EMPIRE
DUTCH MARITIME EMPIRE
FRENCH MARITIME EMPIRE
BRITISH MARITIME EMPIRE
POLITICAL
AP Themes 4.3.2
ECONOMIC
Trading-Post Empires
Gunpowder Empires; State Rivalries
Land-Based and Maritime Empires & Expansion
State Consolidation & Imperial Expansion
Imperial Expansion
Gunpowder Empires and Trade
PACKET E
Module
14
Topic
Workshop #46
Gunpowder Facilitates
Imperial Expansion