Strayer Chapter 13

Between the years of 1450-1750 the expansion of the colonial empires was greatly transformed with Europeans rising allies. The Europeans wanting more sugar, grain, meat, and fish determined their desires for conquering more land. This being they went around and took over majority of the land even with the civilizations living within the. For example, the Aztecs betrayed their Mexican allies and joined the Spanish because they knew how great their power was to even stand a chance against them and they hoped for the same benefits out of their conquering if they joined them. With the Aztecs along side the Europeans their diseases also killed off most of the other societies and left them with free land. Conquering these lands have them the resources they needed to become even more powerful and wealthy. African Americans also were still struggling tremendously in this time.
In the center of Moscow that long before was owned by past Mongols. After the Russians wanting to expand westward of the big green grassy land that they had high interest in their expansion brought many different societies such as the Germans, Ukrainians, Belorussians, and Baltic peoples into the Russian Empire. Along their expansion they had political leaders teach them about Christianity, and how to be human without becoming “savages”. Russians demanding full control over the native people they had encountered while trying to conquering the land forced them to submit to their rule and demanded “yasak” which meant they paid the Russians cash. They also had set backs with their immunities killing off some of their population. After three centuries, both Siberia and the steppes were both finallyincorporated into the Russian state.