European Exploration

Gold - Need a sea route to Asia. Asian Spices. Gold in America

God - Spread Christianity...People = Power

Glory - Personal Glory, Celebrity status (VIP)

Why?

Inventions That Help Exploration

·Printing Press·Johannes Gutenberg·Books could be made quicker·Information and education spreads

Joint Stock Company·Business in which a group invests together·Pays for most explorations

MUSLIM INFLUENCE

AstrolabeLearn ships location byuse of the stars

CaravelTriangular sails that allow ships to sail against the wind

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Leif Eriksson·First European to land in America·Viking, 1002·Going to Greenland - Ship blew off course·Only stayed for a few years

Prince Henry the Navigator (Portugal)·Never went on a voyage·Builds observatory, school of navigation·Financed shipbuilders and map makers·Financed expeditions to Africa

Amerigo Vespucci·Spanish·Leads voyage to South America·Believes it's NOT Asia·"New World"·Map makers name new world after him

Ferdinand Magellan·Portuguese·First to circumnavigate the world·Does not survive - killed in Phillipines

Christopher Columbus·Italian, Spain finances trip·Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria·Looking for sea route to Asia·Symbolic discoverer of America

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGETrade of new items between Europe and

America

Native to America Native to Europe

TRIANGULAR TRADE

Failure to enslave the Native Americans leads to African Slaves

Spanish Empire in America

Conquistadors - Soldiers who led military expeditions in America

Hernando Cortez

·Aztecs·Vastly outnumbered·Smallpox kills 1/3 of city in 6 months

Francisco Pizarro

·Inca·Captures leader·Demands "Room full of Gold" ·Ransom paid - leader killed

New Spain·Claims all of South, Central and lower North America (except...?·Juan Ponce de Leon·Puerto Rico (San Juan)·Florida (Fountain of Youth)·Hernando de Soto·Southeast of U.S.

Treatment of Native Americans

Encomienda SystemSpanish can tax or force labor on N.A. but must protect and convert ...turned them into slaves

PlantationsLarge farms that grow only 1 crop...Need many laborers to be profitable

Mining Gold and Silver...Deadliest of jobs