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Chapter 4 of The Atlantic World deals primarily with the various feuds that European powers had and how they transferred over to the Atlantic. One of the major subjects that cause this feuding in the Atlantic is religion specifically the various Christian denominations not getting along. Along with the conflict amongst nations, there is a discussion on the difficulties that a number of nations faced while attempting to set up colonies in the Americas. In particular the French and English have a tough time setting up colonies in South America and North America respectively. Another interesting point discussed in the readings is that because of feuding, particularly with Spain, that the French start to encourage privateering or Piracy.
Another interesting, but sad, topic that is brought up is the Atlantic slave trade. The chapter discusses the English foray into African Slavery and how they managed to undermine the Spanish in an effort to gain profits. While this section is related to last week’s readings regarding Slave ships and Guardians, I was unable to locate an argument or post that I could organically discuss here as none talk about the same points that are brought up in my readings. The closest post that I could find that I can reference is a post by Hunter Loya on Sep, 14. In the post, he discusses the relationship between the British sailors and the slaves they transported, and the relationship that the Slaves had amongst themselves.