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European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas

(the New World)

Who? Where? When? Why?

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Columbus arrives – 1492looking to sell, buy, and trade spices and other goods

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Native to the “New World” (North and South

America)

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Native to the “Old World”Eurasia

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Our main focus will be on what is

today the U.S.

St. Augustine (1565) first permanent

settlement in what is today _____?

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Spain

Spain

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• Gold, God, Glory• St Augustine:

Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

Spain

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England

England

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• Looking for raw materials and a market for finished products

• Route to Asia• Jamestown, 1607• Economic factors • Religious factors

England

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• Furs, precious metals (gold, silver), expand Christianity, larger empire

• Route to Asia• Founded New Orleans

in 1718• Made alliances with the

American Indian tribes

France

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Following Columbus

European exploration and colonization grew rapidly.

By the 16th century, the entire western hemisphere was under European rule.

Crops went east and diseases, horses, and guns came west.

Columbian Exchange

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Migration

Economic Social Political What pulls people to a region or what pushes people away from a region?

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