AP World History · Causation
The commercial pattern described by Morga most directly resulted from which development of the sixteenth century?
Antonio de Morga on commerce through Manila, 1609
Spanish colonial official Antonio de Morga described ships arriving at Manila from China with merchants carrying silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, metal goods, and other merchandise. He also noted that merchants in Mexico and Peru sent large quantities of silver to the Philippines to purchase Asian goods, and that authorities attempted to regulate both the trade and the amount of silver sent across the Pacific.
Adapted from Antonio de Morga, <em>Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas</em>, published in Mexico City, 1609.
The commercial pattern described by Morga most directly resulted from which development of the sixteenth century?
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: Spanish colonization in the Americas combined with a trans-Pacific route linking American silver to Asian markets
Morga describes Mexican and Peruvian merchants sending silver to Manila to buy Chinese goods. That pattern resulted from Spanish colonization of the Americas combined with a trans-Pacific route, the Manila galleon trade, linking American silver to Asian markets, so C is correct. Choice A is tempting because Portuguese posts connected Europe and Asia, but they did not create this Spanish route. Choice B names Ming voyages that ended decades earlier. Choice D, Japanese silver, mattered in East Asia but does not account for the American bullion Morga describes.
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