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David Armitage’s reading explains the beginning of the Atlantic and what it became later overtime. The Atlantic was a European invention because the product of successful navigation, exploration, settlement, administration, and imagination that led to bigger and better fortunes for Europeans during this time. European invention was successful because of better maps to navigate and a system relating to wind direction and navigation that was better than natural features. (David Armitage, Page 12). There were three concepts of Atlantic History which were 1) Circum-Atlantic History as the transnational of the Atlantic World, 2) Trans-Atlantic History as the international history of the Atlantic World, and 3) Cis-Atlantic History as national or regional history within an Atlantic context. (David Armitage, Page 15). These approaches were important to Atlantic History because these help both national and regional prospective and led to production, commerce, economics, plantations, and trade networks through the Atlantic that led to production in the Caribbean and America in later years. Bernard Bailyn’s reading explains the creation of Atlantic History through Europe. Atlantic History covers new ideas in historical study through institutions, laws, revolutions, and vivid tales of discovery. (Bernard Bailyn, Page 4-6). The people and cultures of West Africa has taken a variety of spheres since the age of the Enlightenment during the nineteenth century that became part of a global world system through self-government gave freedom and the shared idealism of the Enlightenment that ultimately led to permanent legacy of Atlantic history in the early modern years. (Bernard Baliyn, Page 111). Both Armitage and Baliyn gave explanations relating to the impact of Atlantic History because each of them explained how Europe made an impact through Atlantic History through commerce, plantation, and governments during the early days of Atlantic History. This reminds me of Allison’s post relating to forming identities through religion because it explains how colonies were formed during the early days of Atlantic imperialism based on religion. For example, this article explains the Spanish formation of religion converting people to Catholicism. During Atlantic imperialism, religion plays a key role through Atlantic History.