In What Ways Can It Be Said That Peter the Great

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Essay

In what ways can it be said that Peter the Great made Russia a European power?

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Definitions:

Joint Stock Companies

Businesses owned by shareholders who contribute capital and share in the profits and losses.

Massachusetts Bay Company

A joint-stock trading company chartered in 1629 to establish a colony in New England; played a key role in the settlement and development of Massachusetts.

Dutch West India Company

A chartered company of Dutch merchants in the 17th century that established and directed trade throughout the Atlantic, including the slave trade and the settlement of New Netherland, now New York.

Powhatan

The leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, a network of tribal nations in what is now Virginia, who played a significant role in the early interactions between Native American peoples and English settlers in the 17th century.