Joint-Stock Companies and the Commercial Revolution

Colonial Economies, the Slave Trade, and Global Commerce

6th Grade·Social Studies·US-AZ-SS

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Examine the rise of chartered companies like the Dutch and British East India Companies and early modern capitalism.

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Colonial Economies, the Slave Trade, and Global Commerce

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-AZ-SS

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Analyze mercantilist policies, coerced labor systems, the transatlantic slave trade, and the rise of global commercial networks and colonial resistance.

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7.E2.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.

7.SP4.2Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate the influence of various causes of events and developments in the past and present.