seeking the Main point 59•
In what ways were the North American colonies influenced by both contact
with and distance from Europe?•
What were the geographic boundaries of the transatlantic world? How did
those boundaries shape the economics of the transatlantic world?•
In what ways did the transatlantic world shape societies of Africans, Native
North Americans, and Europeans?•
How did changes in thought and belief strengthen the bonds between the
colonies and Europe? At the same time, how did they also weaken those
bonds?58 ChApTEr 3 | enLiGhtenMent anD eMpire | period two 16 07–175 4
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