early explorers of america

MR. GREEN’S 5TH GRADE CLASS5-20-2009

MOTIVATIONS OF EARLY EXPLORERS OF AMERICA

DESIRE FOR GLORY– NATIONAL WEALTH AND TERRITORY– PRESTIGE FOR MONARCHS

POSSIBILITY OF PERSONAL WEALTH AND FAME

QUEST FOR WORLD KNOWLEDGE DESIRE TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY COMPETITION AMONG THE POWERFUL

NATIONS OF EUROPE DESIRE TO FIND NEW TRADE ROUTES TO

THE EAST – INCREASE PROFITS

CARAVEL

IMPROVED COMPASS

MAJOR NATION- STATES INVOLVED IN

EXPLORATION

FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SPAIN SUPPORTED EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION

MAJOR EMPHASIS

FINDING GOLD AND SILVER EXPANSION OF TRADE FARMING - SUGAR PLANTATIONS SOME SLAVE TRADE – LIMITED

– Spain outlawed the slave trade in the 1700’s ACTIVE IN THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY-

– JESUITS MISSIONARIES ACQUISITION OF LAND-

– NATIONAL AND PERSONAL ENHANCE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL STANDING

ENGLAND

EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICACANADAINDIA

MAJOR EMPHASIS

EXPANSION OF TERRITORYTRADENEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE

CLASSFLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

MAJOR EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

MAGELLAN-first voyage to circumnavigate the globe COLUMBUS-first European voyage to arrive in the

New World CORTEZ-conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico PIZARRO-conquest of the Incan Empire in Peru BALBOA-first to see the Pacific- crossed Panama

Isthmus PONCE DE LEON-explored Florida CORONADO-first European to see the Grand Canyon

and explore the southern US

MAGELLAN-PORTUGUESE

MAGELLAN DID NOT SURVIVE THE VOYAGE

OF THE 270 MEN WHO BEGAN THE VOYAGE AROUND THE GLOBE, ONLY 18 FINISHED AND RETURNED TO EUROPE

COLUMBUS- ITALIANLED THREE VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD. HE WAS LOOKING FOR NEW TRADE ROUTES TO THE EAST INDIES

CORTEZ- SPANISHLooking for Gold, Workers, and Fame

PIZARRO- SPANISH

PIZARRO-CONQUEST OF THE INCAN EMPIRE IN PERUHE WAS LOOKING FOR GOLD AND FAME

INCAN EMPIRE IN PERUTHE ANCIENT INCAN CITY OF MACHU PICCHU

BALBOA

CROSSING THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

FIRST EUROPEAN TO CROSS FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC

LOOKING FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO THE GOLD AND SILVER MINES OF SOUTH AMERICA

MINING

SILVER MINES AT POTOSIVAST AMOUNTS OF

GOLD AND SILVER WERE SENT TO SPAIN FROM THE NEW WORLD

PRIMARY LABOR FORCE WAS THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION

PLANTATIONS-SUGAR BECAME A MAJOR EXPORT CROPNATIVE PEOPLES AND AFRICAN SLAVES WORKED THE FARMS AND PLANTATIONS

THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION –

AGE OF EXPLORAITON

ECONOMIC

RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH AND AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY

VAST AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER FLOODED INTO EUROPE

PRICES OF GOODS ROSE DUE TO INLFATION MAJORITY OF EUROPEANS SAW LITTLE

IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING

POLITICAL

WESTERN EUROPE BEGAN TO DOMINATE THE GLOBE– NEW LANDS WERE CLAIMED AND

COLONIZED– WESTERN POLITICAL MODELS WERE

INSTALLEDTHE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE

NATION-STATES OF EUROPE INTENSIFIED

INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS GREW

RELIGIOUS

CHRISTIANITY SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE– THE AMERICAS– PARTS OF ASIA

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES WORKED TO CONVERT NATIVE POPULATIONS

– THE JESUITS WERE VERY ACTIVE– STARTED MISSIONS– ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAME DOMINANT IN MANY COLONIAL REGIONS

VERY OFTEN CONVERSIONS WERE FORCED AND OR COERCED; HOWEVER, MANY TRULY CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY

CHRISTIANITY OFTEN BLENDED WITH TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

GLOBAL

MILLIONS OF AFRICANS WERE IMPORTED TO THE NEW WORLD AS SLAVES

ANIMALS WERE BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAS– HORSES AND CATTLE

NEW PLANTS AND CROPS WERE EXCHANGED– TOMATOES– POTATOES– CORN– ETC.

INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

NATIVE POPULATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD WERE DECIMATED – ESTIMATED THAT FROM 1500-1600 THE

POPULATION SHRANK FROM 20 MILLION TO 2 MILLION

– DISEASE AND MALNUTRITION– WAR AND CONFLICT– HARSH LABOR

INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS MIXED WITH EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS – NEW CULTURAL AND RACIAL GROUPS– BLENDING OF CULTURES

LANGUAGERELIGIONCUSTOMSMUSICART

A NEW WORLD

EXPLORERS SHARED SOME MOTIVATIONS LIKE GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY

THEY BUILT ON THE DISCOVERIES OF OTHER EXPLORERS

WE WILL BREAK INTO GROUPS TO SHARE OUR EXPLORES INFORMATION WITH OUR CLASSMATES