The colonization of new lands led to widespread death due to
which cause a shortage of
and the
result was the enslavement of
and Native
Americans.
. Much of the colonization of India, the
and China
was carried out by small groups of merchants who formed
and
The established posts along coastal areas to export resources such as
from Africa and
from the islands of
the Indies.
One of the most powerful traders in the Indies came from the
Netherlands, holding the island of
the
Company dominated economic
activity.