CRUSADES Starting in 1095 AD Pope Urban II ordered

Roman Catholics in Western Europe to invade the Holy Land and expel the Muslims from Jerusalem.

Led to the age of exploration because the Crusaders were attacking foreign nations, they saw enormous wealth and wondered what else was out there…

AGE OF EXPLORATION Reasons for Exploration and Conquest 4 G’s

GoldGodGreedGlory

NORTHWEST PASSAGE Explorers were looking for a water

passage that goes across North America that connects the Atlantic and Pacific. It would be easier to get to Asia than sailing

around South AmericaUnfortunately, it doesn’t exist

CONQUISTADORS Spanish conquerors

Columbus, Cortez, Coronado, Pizarro

MISSIONS Churches set up by Spanish explorers to

convert the Native Americans to Christianity

COLONY Settlement that follows the rules of the

mother country.The US was a British colony.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE The trade route between North America

and Europe.PlantsAnimalsPeopleDiseases

SLAVES Explorers would capture conquered

peoples and enslave them or sell them to other Europeans.

PLANTATION A large farm that grows a cash crop

Tobacco IndigoCornCotton

NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES