Western Civilization I / Unit 16 WC1 1513 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Potosi, the Mita, and the Silver Flood
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The idea
Silver flowed from Potosi from fifteen forty-five, mined by the mita, the Andean labor draft turned to the mines, with mercury and mortality. Silver made Spain's century and drove inflation across Europe, the price revolution by the course's name.
In practice
The mita is witnessed thirty-two times; Potosi by spelling is not.
Where people slip
The course names the price revolution; the anchor describes inflation unnamed.
Your place on the trail
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