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World History
Section 1
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION 15TH & 16TH CENTURY
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BACKGROUND15th Century Achievements
-Century Rise of Nation-ism among the New Nations
-States of Europe emergence of powerful new nation
-States with assertive Monarchs
-Invention of the Printing Press
-Expansion of Trade & Business Activity
-Renaissance quest for knowledge
-Reconquista completed in Spain- 1492
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MOTIVATING FACTORS FOR EUROPEAN EXPANSION• Desire to enhance National Prestige (Nationalism)
• Nation Wealth & Territory Prestige for Monarchs.
• Possibility of Personal Wealth, Fame, & Social Prestige.
• Quest for New Geographical knowledge.
• Desire to spread Christianity.
• Intensifying International competition among the powerful Nations.
• States of Europe desire to find new Trade Routes to the East.
• Increase Profits.
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT IMPACTED EXPLORATION• Better & faster Ship design
• Printing Press
• More reliable Magnetic Compass
• The invention of the Clock (allowed for new navigational methods- Eventually Longitude)
• Astrolabe- Latitude Navigation
• More accurate Maps
• Gun Powder & New Weapons
-Cannons and Muskets
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SHIPS
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ARMED VESSEL
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PRINTING PRESS
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ASTROLABE
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NEW WEAPONS 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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IMPROVED COMPASS
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Section 2
MAJOR NATION- STATES INVOLVED IN EXPLORATION
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PORTUGAL• Claimed parts of:
-West Africa
-Parts of Asia
-Large Portion of South America (Brazil)
“Treaty of Tordesillas”
Major Emphasis
-Trade & Gold
Slave Trade= West Africa
This created New Products & Spices
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PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR OF PORTUGAL• National Policies strongly supported
exploration and trade.
• Portugal had a long tradition of navigation and trade.
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SLAVE TRADE (WEST AFRICA)• African slaves were brought to the
New World to primarily work in agriculture.
• Portugal was the major slave trading European nation.
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SPAIN
Claimed= (Caribbean Islands) (Central America) – Except *Brazil (Mexico) (South West North America) (Philippines)
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FERDINAND & ISABELLA OF SPAINSUPPORTED, “EXPLORATION” & “EXPANSION”
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KING FERDINAND & QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN
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MAJOR EMPHASIS• Accumulation of Gold & 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)
• Enhance personal Prestige & Social Standing
-Strict Social Hierarchy in Spain
-(Feudal in many respects)
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LINE OF DEMARCATION 1493• Official agreement that divided the territories claimed by Spain & Portugal in
the New World.
• Imaginary line drawn by Pope Alexander VI
• Lands East of the Line (Portugal)
• Lands West of the line (Spain)
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LINE OF DEMARCATION
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LINE OF DEMARCATION
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ENGLAND• East Coast of North America
• Canada
• India
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MAJOR EMPHASIS• Expansion of Territory
• Trade
• New Opportunities for Middle Class
• Fleeing Religious persecution
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MAJOR EUROPEAN EXPLORERS • Vasco De Gama- first to sail around the Cape of Good
Hope.
• 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 Ocean- Crossed Panama (isthmus)
• Ponce De Leon- explored Florida.
• Coronado- first European to see the Grand Canyon and explore the southern U.S.
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VASCO DE- GAMA (PORTUGUESE)
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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.
• Magellan died April 27th, 1521
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MAGELLAN TIME LINE
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MAP OF MAGELLAN’S VOYAGE
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ANOTHER LOOK AT MAGELLAN’S TRIP
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COLUMBUS- (ITALIAN)LED 3 VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD
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NINA, PINTA, SANTA MARIA
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CORTEZ (SPANISH) DEFEATED “AZTEC EMPIRE”
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AZTEC EMPIRE DEFEATED
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PIZARRO (SPANISH)
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PIZARRO- CONQUEST OF THE INCAN EMPIRE (PERU)
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INCAN EMPIRE IN PERU(THE ANCIENT INCAN CITY OF “MACHU PICCHU”)
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BALBOA• Crossing the
Isthmus of Panama (Pacific Ocean)
• First European to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Oceans.
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CORONADO EXPLORED THE SOUTHWEST U.S.(GRAND CANYON)
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Section 3
LABOR & INDUSTRY IN THE NEW WORLD
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“ENCOMIENDA”• Tribute Labor System= native peoples were required to give labor to the
European settlers.
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MINING• Silver Mines @
POTOSI.• Vast amounts of
(Gold) & (Silver) were sent to Spain from the New World.
• Primary Labor Force was “Indigenous Population”
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PLANTATIONS- SUGAR BECAME A MAJOR EXPORT CROP.NATIVE PEOPLE & AFRICAN SLAVES WORKED THE FARM AND PLANTATIONS.
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15TH & 16TH CENTURY ECONOMIC MODEL“MERCANTILISM”• Based on the accumulation of Gold & Silver (precious metals)
• Gold and Silver were the measure of Wealth (not Business of Production)
• The PURPOSE of the economy was “Serve the State”
• Trade was focused on primarily on Exporting and selling goods in the new colonies.
• Little Capital investment in business.
• Colonial holdings were seen as:
-A source of Raw Materials
-Markets for European Goods
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Section 4
THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION- AGE OF EXPLORATION
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TRIANGLE OF TRADE
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ECONOMIC• Rapid economic growth and increase in business activity.
• Vast amounts of Gold & Silver flooded into Europe.
• Prices of Good rose due to INFLATION and MERCANTILIST economic policies.
• Expanded opportunities for the rising middle class.
• Majority of Europeans saw little improvement in their “Standard of Living.”
• CAPITALISM began to emerge –(exception was in Spain)
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POLITICAL• Western Europe began to Dominate the Globe
-(New land were claimed and colonized)
-(Western political models were installed)
• The “Rivalry” between the Nation-States of Europe intensified.
• International tension grew.
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SOCIETAL• Social values began to be more focused on MATERIAL WEALTH and SOCIAL
STANDING.
• Growing SECULAR trends.
• Rising MIDDLE CLASS benefitted from New economic & social opportunities.
• POWER & WEALTH in the colonies came to be concentrated in the hands of few.
-(Social & Economic issues have continued to PLAGUE these regions as a result of this trend.)
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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)
• Very often Conversations were forced and or coerced; however, many truly converted to Christianity.
• Christianity of blended with traditional religious beliefs and practices
-(Know as Syncretism)
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GLOBAL• Millions of Africans were imported to the New World as Slaves.
• Animals were brought to the Americas
-(Horses & Cattle)
• New Plants and Crops were Exchanged
-Tomatoes
-Potatoes
-Corn
-Early forms of pain killers (developed by Natives)
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INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS• Native populations in the New World were “Decimated.”
-Estimated that from (1500)-(1600) the populations shrank from 20 million to 2 million.
Causes:
~Disease & Malnutrition
~War & Conflict
~Harsh Labor
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INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS MIXED WITH EUROPEANS & AFRICANS~New Cultural and Racial Groups
~Blending of Cultures Language Religion Customs Music Art
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The End.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION WAS IN MANY WAYS A REFLECTION OF THE
IDEALS AND VALUES OF THE RENAISSANCE.