NEW EMPIRES IN THE AMERICAS

#1 LEARNING TARGET

I can summarize early Viking and Portuguese Explorations.

#2 LEARNING TARGETI can evaluate Christopher Columbus’s contributions to the discovery of the New World.

#3 LEARNING TARGETI can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

#4 LEARNING TARGET

I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

#5 LEARNING TARGETI can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

BELL RINGER

•How did the Columbian Exchange promote more interest in the Americas?

#3 LEARNING TARGETI can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

CONQUISTADORS:HERNAN CORTES• Cuba to Tenochtitlan• Gold & silver of Aztecs• Gave gifts and headdress on Cortes• God from East?• Invited to a feast

• 1000’s of warriors vs 600 men, 16 horses, 14 cannon, armor and guns• Made alliances with other tribes• ¾ of natives die of smallpox

Moctezuma

SMALL POX

Between the US and Mexico 90% of Native Americans died of diseases

CONQUISTADORS:FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• Inca Empire• Armor• Horses• Alliances with

natives• Disease

• Forced natives to work on Spanish plantations

PONCE DE LEON (1508-1512)

• Conquered Puerto Rico• Discovered gold• Roamed Florida for Fountain of Youth

SPANISH EXPLORATIONS IN USA

BELL RINGER

• How did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?

#4 LEARNING TARGET

I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS

• Northwest Passage – sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• John Cabot (1497-1498)• English claim to North America

• Henry Hudson (1609-1610)• Sailed for Dutch (Netherland) and English• Found Hudson Bay

ENGLISH COLONY• Roanoke, 1587 (NC,VA)• 150 colonists• Virginia Dare

• Back to England for supplies• Colony Lost – only Croatoan

remained

BELL RINGER

•Describe Henry Hudson and John Cabot’s explorations to North America.

#4 LEARNING TARGET

I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

FRENCH EXPLORATIONS

• Jacques Cartier (1534-1535)• Looking for Northwest

Passage• St. Lawrence River• French claim to North

America

FRENCH COLONY

• Samuel Chaplain (1608)• Colonized Quebec

• Rene-Robert de La Salle (1682)• Found Mississippi

River and est. small towns(Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans)

• Fur traders and good to natives

BELL RINGER

What areas of the US did France, England, and Spain claim?

#5 LEARNING TARGETI can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

NATIVES AS SLAVES

• Needed slaves for tobacco and sugarcane• Dying from disease

(90%)• Able to flee

AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE

• Middle Passage – trip from Africa to Americas• Largest forced

migration • 10 million slaves from

1520-1860• Sent across the New

World• Brazil• Caribbean• North America

US SLAVE TRADE

• From different parts of Africa• Family and religious life very important

LA AMISTAD

• Mutiny on board a slave ship• Notice the cramped quarters/shackles• How did the Africans want the ship to

sail?

BELL RINGER

• Why were millions of Africans forced into slavery in the Americas?

EXPLORERS

• Draw a map of the explorers route. Discuss the purpose of the voyage. What country did they sail for? What was the outcome of the voyage? (15 minutes)1. Vikings - Flipbook2. John Cabot – pg 563. Christopher Columbus - Flipbook4. La Salle – pg 565. Bartolomeu Dias - Flipbook6. Jacques Cartier – pg 567. Ferdinand Magellan - Flipbook8. Vasco da Gamma - Flipbook9. Henry Hudson – pg 5610. Amerigo Vespucci - Flipbook

BELL RINGER

•Write 2 review questions (with answers) you think will be on your test.