(pen)o Overview (pen)-> (db)Maritime conquest and trade(pen) (pen)-> (or)African and Asian power(pen) (pen)o (db)Maritime conquest and trade(pen) (pen)-> (db)Portugal(pen) seized strategic ports such as Goa and Malacca. (pen)-> (db)Portugal(pen)'s (or)Elmina(pen) fort (1482) stood on Africa's Gold Coast. (pen)-> (db)Patrols(pen) seized ships lacking compulsory (db)cartaz(pen) trade passes. (pen)-> (db)Spanish(pen) conquests toppled Mexica and Inca imperial centers. (pen)-> Indigenous allies and epidemics helped small invading armies. (pen)-> (db)Spain(pen) built territorial colonies; (db)Portugal(pen) colonized Brazil. (pen)-> (db)Dutch(pen) merchants held (or)Asian(pen) posts and Caribbean colonies. (pen)-> (db)France(pen) developed Canadian fur trade and Caribbean colonies. (pen)-> (db)Britain(pen) founded mainland and Caribbean plantation colonies. (pen)-> Political, religious, and trade rivalries drove expansion. (pen)o (or)African and Asian power(pen) (pen)-> Trade and Christian diplomacy boosted (or)Kongo(pen)'s royal influence. (pen)-> Slave trading also weakened (or)Kongo(pen) and fueled conflicts. (pen)-> (or)Asante(pen) rose around 1700 through (db)conquest(pen) and commerce. (pen)-> Gold and slave trades helped (or)Asante(pen) obtain arms and wealth. (pen)-> (or)Ming(pen) trade limits sought economic and political control. (pen)-> (or)Tokugawa(pen) Japan limited Europeans to curb Christian influence. (pen)-> (db)Dutch(pen) merchants traded at (or)Dejima(pen) under strict supervision. (pen)-> (or)Gujarati(pen), Arab, and (or)Javanese(pen) merchants remained active. (pen)-> Indian Ocean trade flourished despite European disruption. (pen)o Overview (pen)-> (pu)Indigenous and contracted labor(pen) (pen)-> (y)Slavery and plantation demand(pen) (pen)o (pu)Indigenous and contracted labor(pen) (pen)-> Colonial American economies relied heavily on agriculture. (pen)-> (pu)Encomienda(pen) granted claims to Indigenous tribute or (pu)labor(pen). (pen)-> Colonists owed protection and Christian instruction in law. (pen)-> Abuse was common; grants were not legal ownership of people. (pen)-> (pu)Haciendas(pen) were large farming or ranching estates. (pen)-> (pu)Labor(pen) included tenancy, wage work, and debt (y)bondage(pen). (pen)-> Inca mit'a had required rotational (pu)labor(pen) for state projects. (pen)-> (db)Spain(pen) adapted (pu)mita(pen) drafts to compel labor in Andean mines. (pen)-> (pu)Indentured(pen) (pu)servants(pen) worked fixed terms for passage or debt. (pen)-> Term (pu)contracts(pen) differed from lifelong (y)hereditary(pen) enslavement. (pen)o (y)Slavery and plantation demand(pen) (pen)-> (or)African(pen) (y)slavery(pen) predated European Atlantic colonization. (pen)-> Household (y)enslavement(pen) and older export routes continued. (pen)-> (y)Captives(pen) still went to Mediterranean and Indian Ocean markets. (pen)-> American sugar plantations sharply increased (pu)labor(pen) demand. (pen)-> Atlantic (y)chattel(pen) (y)slavery(pen) legally treated people as property. (pen)-> In many colonies, (y)enslaved(pen) status passed through mothers. (pen)-> Racial categories increasingly justified (y)hereditary(pen) (y)bondage(pen). (pen)-> Forced migration separated families and reshaped populations. (pen)-> Indigenous and (or)African(pen) coerced (pu)labor(pen) coexisted in colonies.