The Age of Exploration

Good times unless you are A Native

The Age of Exploration 1400s Ventured out 1. Trade/money 2. Trade routes 3. 3 G’s

Crusades Reenergized trade

Vikings about 1000 AD Eric the Red and Leif Ericson Greenland and Newfoundland

Marco Polo 1275 Kublai Khan

Zheng He Ming Dynasty 1405 Muslim Africa and Middle East 1433

Trade Routes Italians and Muslims controlled $

Reasons why the Europeans Dominate Compass Sexton Modern Ships Modern Weapons

Prince Henry ( 1394-1460) Portugal African cities/bases Gold and God

Bartholomew Dias 1488 Cape of Good Hope

Columbus Genoa Trade Routes

Spain United in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella 3 Ships

The last discovery Oct 12, 1492 Rodrigo San Salvador The Arawak “Indians” Cuba, Hispaniola Granted Admiral of the Seas and 10%

3 more voyages- Caribbean and Venezuela 1502 Charged with maladministration Died in 1506

Genocide Began the mass extermination Columbus Day?

Conflict between Spain and Portugal 1493 Treaty of Tordesillas

Other explorers Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral John Cabot Jacques Cartier Amerigo Vespucci

The Conquistadors 3Gs Magellan 1519 – 5 ships 230 men 1522 Philippines

Cortes 1519 Aztecs Quetzalcoatl Montezuma II Tenochtitlan 600 men and 16 horses

How did he win? Indian Allies Modern weapons Disease

Pizzaro 1533 Inca Atahualpa

Juan Ponce de Leon 1513 St. Augustine Fountain of Youth?

Vasquez de Coronado Texas, New Mexico, Southwest 1540

Hernado Desoto 1530s and 40s Mississippi River: Louisiana, AK, Alabama

Spanish Colonies Encomienda Peninsulares Creoles Mestizo Mulattoes

The Dutch Henry Hudson Manhattan Island and New Netherlands New Amsterdam

French Quebec Louisiana New Orleans

English Cabot Henry Hudson Roanoke Island Jamestown-John Smith and Pocahontas Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock First Thanksgiving!!!!

More limey English 1664 the Duke of York drives the English out

of New Netherlands

Slave Trade Slavery in history African Slaves better than Indians? Plantations By 1870 9.5 million slaves transferred Middle Passage How did Europeans get slaves?

The Columbian Exchange Triangular Trade Capitalism Disease vs. products Potatoes, tomatoes, squash, pineapples,

tobacco, Cacao Beans

Asia Dutch take Sumatra and Java est. light trade

with Japan Vietnam and the Khmer Indonesia and Islam Philippines Buddhism

In Conclusion Killed off Natives Ravaged Africa and enslaved a population Exploited the natural resources And stole the land Had a wonderful tea party!!!!