God, Gold, & Glory

An Introduction to European Exploration & Expansion

MotivesThe 3 G’s

Godreligious fervor convert natives

Goldexpand trade - esp. spices & precious

metalsprofit

Gloryadventurepowernational pride

Means

Mid-1400sEuropean monarchs had MORE:

PowerResourcesAdvanced technology

Pair/Share: Based on our last unit, why do you think the above is true?

Portugal

Early leaderSailed eastward

--> India (spice trade)

Vasco da Gama

Cape of Good HopeSecured control of

spice tradeTook from Muslims

HUGE $$$

Prince Henry the Navigator

Instrumental Patronage led to

major technological advances (p. 197)

Spain

Sailed westward

Seeking route --> Asia SpainPortugal

Christopher Columbus

Earth not so big

Queen Isabella 4 voyages - all

end up in the Caribbean

Ferdinand Magellan

1519 - 1st to circumnavigate the globe (sort of)

Spain in the Americas

Conquistadors - the Spanish conquerors of the Americas

Gifts from Spain

Encomienda System

Aztec & Inca civilizations destroyedSpanish controlSubjects of Queen

Encomienda - the right of landowners to use Native Americans as laborers

Protection - required but not followed

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the AmericasEurope --> Americas

Horses, cattle, & wheatAmericas --> Europe

Potatoes, cocoa, corn, tomatoes, & tobacco

Transformed economic activity

European Rivals

DutchFrenchBritish

Reading

Read pages 208-211 (section 3 “Colonial Latin America”)

Write the definitions for the following words in your notebook:PeninsularesCreoleMestizosMulattoesMita