Europe’s Impact on Europe’s Impact on the New Worldthe New World

. . . and what the New World taught Europe.

The ExplorersColumbus Wanted to find a short route

to Asia. Bumped into the NewWorld by mistake.

Hudson Henry Hudson was looking fora northern passage to Asia.

Coronado Looking for the 7 cities of gold

Marquette French In 1673 He and Louis Jolliet, explored and map the

northern portion of the Mississippi River.

Columbus Crosses the Atlantic

The Spanish had three reasons for exploration:

– gold

– land

– religion

This exploration brought about great This exploration brought about great changes for Europe and the natives.changes for Europe and the natives.

Brainstorm…Brainstorm…

What types of changes?What types of changes? Did the Europeans know what they were doing?Did the Europeans know what they were doing?

*Colonization – the establishment of distant settlements controlled by the parent country.

*The Spanish established settlements or colonies using the following tactics:

superior weaponry forced labor

*Disease ravaged the Native Americans; measles, mumps, chickenpox, small pox and typhus. By 1600, it is

estimated that only 1 in 25 native peoples survive the epidemics.

Brainstorm…

As a landowner looking to get rich what do you do now?

The Slave Trade Begins

As more natives died of disease African slavery became an essential part of the European-American economic system.

o “The labor of one …[African]…[is] more valuable than that of four Indians; every effort should be made to bring many…[Africans] from Guinea.”

Bartolome De Las Casas

• When Europe started to come to the New World they influenced many areas of daily life.

• Europeans also learned some new things from the natives.

• The exchange of ideas can be broken into 5 areas:

1.Religion 2. Economics 3. Food4. Government 5. Social

Brainstorm…

What is the end result of this exploration?– religious?– economic?– food?– government? – social?

ReligionConversion Most explorers wanted to convert

the natives to Catholic orProtestant. The natives religion wasn’t understood so it must be wrong.

Atahualpa Leader of the Incas. Captured by Pizzaro and held for ransom. Hewas to be killed but was offereda quick death if he converted toCatholicism.

EconomicsGOLD Lets face it, the Spanish wanted gold. Treasure ships were built to haul

back the loot.

England Saw the New World as a giant rawmaterials location.

Trade This was done with the ColumbianExchange. Plants, animals, anddiseases.

The development of the new world created The development of the new world created profound changes in the new and old world. The profound changes in the new and old world. The exchange of plants, animals and ideas is known exchange of plants, animals and ideas is known as the Columbian Exchange.as the Columbian Exchange.

Atlantic Ocean

Americas to Europe, Africa and Asia

Europe, Africa and Asia to Americas

•Corn•Potato•Pumpkin•Turkey•Cacao Bean

•Disease•Livestock•Citrus•Coffee

Food

To Europe Beans, Cocoa, Corn, Peanuts,Potatoes, Pumpkins, Squash,Sweet Potatoes, Tobacco, andTomatoes

To New World Bananas, Citrus, Grains, Peaches, Pears, & Sugarcane

GovernmentMatriarchal Women lead the society.

This was found among the natives. Why?

Iroquois It was made up of the Confederacy Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga,

Onondaga & Seneca nations.

This idea was adopted as the first government of the U.S.

Discuss

• Why did European explorers believe they could simply claim lands for their home countries, even though these lands were already populated?

• What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on people’s lives throughout the world?

• Why did Europeans want to colonize the Americas?

Map Activity• Using Page 43, Map the exploration routes for:

– Columbus– Hudson– Joliet and Marquette– Magellan– Coronado– CortezOn the Back– Define: Encomienda system, Joint-Stock Companies– Explain the different reasons for colonization– Explain Columbian Exchange and discuss the effects of the

European contact in the Americas.