The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy because it was a huge trade center at the time. Florence was in a nice geographical location for commerce and trade. This gave a huge amount of wealth to the city which contributed to its economic success. As the main point of exchange, many concepts took off from Florence including new forms of art and politics. Location wasn’t the only contributing factor to the beginning of the Renaissance since The Black Death had just come through Europe and killed 30 to 50 percent of their population and many areas were struggling to get back to normal. Florence was among these but ended up coming back stronger than before.
How were the concepts of individualism, humanism, and secularism both characteristic of and necessary to the Renaissance?
The concepts of individualism, humanism, and secularism were both characteristic of and necessary to the Renaissance, for the three were new ideas at that time to separate from the church and instead discover what one is capable of. Ideas like these is why the Renaissance prospered.Humanism was the people going back to …show more content…
Meanwhile in the Americas, slaves were only a necessity for working purposes as they were forced to work in the plantations. Nearly anyone with a plantation and money could have slaves, so they weren 't as much as a rare luxury as they were in Europe. The difference is very clear here that the wealthy in Europe used their slaves as decoration for the wealthy while in the Americas they were used as workers. There was also no need for as many slaves in Europe as they were only used to make the wealthy look wealthier, so most of the slaves were sent to the Americas to work under much worse