Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Governance GOV
    A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 4: Learning Objective L
    Explain the effects of the development of state power from 1450 to 1750.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-4.3.III.iii
    State expansion and centralization led to resistance from an array of social, political, and economic groups on a local level.

    KC-5.3.III.C
    Enslaved persons challenged existing authorities in the Americas through organized resistance.