Forced Labor Systems
nStill, indigenous merchants and landlords did not control their terms of trade; the wealth gained was expended on European imports and did not stimulate local manufacturing or general economic advance.
nDependence in the world economy helped form a coercive labor system.
nThe necessity for cheap products produced in the Americas resulted in exploitation of indigenous populations or use of slaves.
nIn the Dutch East Indies and British India, peasants were forced into labor systems.
