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MR. GREEN’S 5TH GRADE CLASS5-20-2009
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MOTIVATIONS OF EARLY EXPLORERS OF AMERICA
DESIRE FOR GLORY– NATIONAL WEALTH AND TERRITORY– PRESTIGE FOR MONARCHS
POSSIBILITY OF PERSONAL WEALTH AND FAME
QUEST FOR WORLD KNOWLEDGE DESIRE TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY COMPETITION AMONG THE POWERFUL
NATIONS OF EUROPE DESIRE TO FIND NEW TRADE ROUTES TO
THE EAST – INCREASE PROFITS
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CARAVEL
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IMPROVED COMPASS
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MAJOR NATION- STATES INVOLVED IN
EXPLORATION
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FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SPAIN SUPPORTED EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION
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MAJOR EMPHASIS
FINDING GOLD AND SILVER EXPANSION OF TRADE FARMING - SUGAR PLANTATIONS SOME SLAVE TRADE – LIMITED
– Spain outlawed the slave trade in the 1700’s ACTIVE IN THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY-
– JESUITS MISSIONARIES ACQUISITION OF LAND-
– NATIONAL AND PERSONAL ENHANCE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL STANDING
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ENGLAND
EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICACANADAINDIA
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MAJOR EMPHASIS
EXPANSION OF TERRITORYTRADENEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE
CLASSFLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
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MAJOR EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
MAGELLAN-first voyage to circumnavigate the globe COLUMBUS-first European voyage to arrive in the
New World CORTEZ-conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico PIZARRO-conquest of the Incan Empire in Peru BALBOA-first to see the Pacific- crossed Panama
Isthmus PONCE DE LEON-explored Florida CORONADO-first European to see the Grand Canyon
and explore the southern US
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MAGELLAN-PORTUGUESE
MAGELLAN DID NOT SURVIVE THE VOYAGE
OF THE 270 MEN WHO BEGAN THE VOYAGE AROUND THE GLOBE, ONLY 18 FINISHED AND RETURNED TO EUROPE
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COLUMBUS- ITALIANLED THREE VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD. HE WAS LOOKING FOR NEW TRADE ROUTES TO THE EAST INDIES
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CORTEZ- SPANISHLooking for Gold, Workers, and Fame
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PIZARRO- SPANISH
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PIZARRO-CONQUEST OF THE INCAN EMPIRE IN PERUHE WAS LOOKING FOR GOLD AND FAME
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INCAN EMPIRE IN PERUTHE ANCIENT INCAN CITY OF MACHU PICCHU
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BALBOA
CROSSING THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
FIRST EUROPEAN TO CROSS FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC
LOOKING FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO THE GOLD AND SILVER MINES OF SOUTH AMERICA
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MINING
SILVER MINES AT POTOSIVAST AMOUNTS OF
GOLD AND SILVER WERE SENT TO SPAIN FROM THE NEW WORLD
PRIMARY LABOR FORCE WAS THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION
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PLANTATIONS-SUGAR BECAME A MAJOR EXPORT CROPNATIVE PEOPLES AND AFRICAN SLAVES WORKED THE FARMS AND PLANTATIONS
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THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION –
AGE OF EXPLORAITON
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ECONOMIC
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH AND AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY
VAST AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER FLOODED INTO EUROPE
PRICES OF GOODS ROSE DUE TO INLFATION MAJORITY OF EUROPEANS SAW LITTLE
IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING
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POLITICAL
WESTERN EUROPE BEGAN TO DOMINATE THE GLOBE– NEW LANDS WERE CLAIMED AND
COLONIZED– WESTERN POLITICAL MODELS WERE
INSTALLEDTHE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE
NATION-STATES OF EUROPE INTENSIFIED
INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS GREW
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RELIGIOUS
CHRISTIANITY SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE– THE AMERICAS– PARTS OF ASIA
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES WORKED TO CONVERT NATIVE POPULATIONS
– THE JESUITS WERE VERY ACTIVE– STARTED MISSIONS– ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAME DOMINANT IN MANY COLONIAL REGIONS
VERY OFTEN CONVERSIONS WERE FORCED AND OR COERCED; HOWEVER, MANY TRULY CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANITY OFTEN BLENDED WITH TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
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GLOBAL
MILLIONS OF AFRICANS WERE IMPORTED TO THE NEW WORLD AS SLAVES
ANIMALS WERE BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAS– HORSES AND CATTLE
NEW PLANTS AND CROPS WERE EXCHANGED– TOMATOES– POTATOES– CORN– ETC.
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INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
NATIVE POPULATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD WERE DECIMATED – ESTIMATED THAT FROM 1500-1600 THE
POPULATION SHRANK FROM 20 MILLION TO 2 MILLION
– DISEASE AND MALNUTRITION– WAR AND CONFLICT– HARSH LABOR
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INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS MIXED WITH EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS – NEW CULTURAL AND RACIAL GROUPS– BLENDING OF CULTURES
LANGUAGERELIGIONCUSTOMSMUSICART
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A NEW WORLD
EXPLORERS SHARED SOME MOTIVATIONS LIKE GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY
THEY BUILT ON THE DISCOVERIES OF OTHER EXPLORERS
WE WILL BREAK INTO GROUPS TO SHARE OUR EXPLORES INFORMATION WITH OUR CLASSMATES