EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

Mr. Barnett

EXPLORATION OF THE NEW WORLD

Warm up:1. List a goal that you have had and

accomplished.

2. What motivated you to complete this goal?

3. What are some obstacles you faced?

4. What did you accomplish after completing this goal?

Card Sort: Motivation Obstacle Accomplishment

Definitions• Motivation- a feeling that causes one to do

something

• Obstacle- something that gets in your way.

• Accomplishment- the completion of something. A successful achievement.

Think-Pair-Share

• Why do you think Europeans wanted to leave their country to come to America?

• • • •

Motivations for Exploration

• Marco Polo and the printing press influenced Europeans to want to Explore.

Motivations for Explorations• Economic:

• Gold • Natural resources • Trade

• Religious- spread Christianity

• Competition for empire and belief in superiority of own culture

Obstacles of Exploration• Poor maps and navigational tools

• Disease / starvation

• Fear of unknown “?”

• Lack of adequate supplies

Accomplishments of Exploration

• Exchanged goods and ideas

• Improved ships (such as the caravels: smaller and faster)

• Claimed territories (Map)

• Improved navigational tools such as the compass.

European Nation’s Race of Exploration

Mr. Barnett

Warm-up

• Name 1 accomplishment European Explorers experienced.

• Name 2 obstacles they faced on their journey.

• Name 3 motivations of European Explorers to travel North America.

Video Hook: Google Earth.

• http://vimeo.com/15566561

England: John Cabot

• Giovanni Caboto was an Italian sailor who shared Columbus’s ideas about westward route to Asia but no one in Italy or Spain would pay for his trip.

• He decided to move to England and changed his name to John Cabot, and eventually got the king to fund him. Cabot set sail under England’s flag in 1497 with one ship and a crew of 18 men.

• John Cabot explored eastern Canada

England: John Cabot’s Route

Spain: Coronado• By 1540 Spain had a large colony in

what is now Mexico. • Francisco Coronado took 300

soldiers and 1,000 enslaved Indians and headed to what is today the American Southwest in search of the Seven Cities of Gold.

• Francisco Coronado was a Conquistador- the conquerors. Conquered and enslaved American Indians

• Brought Christianity to the New World

Francisco Coronado

What American Indian group did Coronado conquer?

France: Champlain• By 1600 the French wanted to

start colonies in North America, so the king of France sent veteran sea captain Samuel Champlain to find a suitable spot.

• For the next few years he explored much of what is now southeastern Canada.

• He sailed along the St. Lawrence River to an Algonquin settlement called Quebec which means “the Narrows.”

France: Salle

• Being a successful fur trader in Canada was not enough glory for Robert La Salle.

• He wanted more, so he set off to explorer the Great Lakes. Later, he led a group down the Mississippi River.

• His men paddled for two months until they reach the Gulf of Mexico.

• He claimed a HUGE area for France. All of the land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains.

Portugal• The Portuguese made

voyages of discovery along the coast of West Africa.