Chapter 15 Part 1

The beginning of this chapter focused on the trading of different goods between different countries. This is when people began to want things that they did not make. America wanted spices from India and England wanted sugar from America. The main things that were being traded that the book highlighted were silver and fur. I find it interesting that these were such specific things that other countries wanted. I found it interesting that Russia relied on Siberia for fur when the Russians probably could have just hunted by themselves. I guess we kind of do the same thing now though in terms of purchasing stuff from other countries. We know we are capable of making clothing and yet we have garments from Indonesia and Thailand because it is cheaper.