Age of Exploration SS6H6

Age of Exploration Time period: between the early 15th century until the 17th century (1400s-1600s) Led to discoveries in the Americas, Africa, and Asia 16th Century Astrolabe

Main Motivations for Exploration Get Rich (Gold) Honor (Glory) Spread Christianity (God) Called the 3 G’s Portuguese Caravel

Reasons for Exploration Europeans wanted a route around Africa into the Indian Ocean Supply and Demand High demand for Asian silks & spices Set up colonies Portuguese Caravel

Pope Urban II: Ordered the 1st Crusade Role of Religion Crusades: Holy wars between 1096-1272 in which various popes sent forces to capture the Holy Land from Muslim Turks Pope: Leader of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Urban II: Ordered the 1st Crusade

Role of Religion Crusades exposed Europeans to new technologies and products. Exposure to arts and sciences led to better ships and the drawing of better maps Europeans spread Christianity wherever they went Contributed to the expansion of the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France.

Portugal Located on Atlantic Coast Led the way in European exploration Portugal is on which physical feature of Europe?

Advancements in Navigation Compass Cross Staff Astrolabe Caravel How do you learn about these advancements?

Prince Henry the Navigator Portuguese prince Established a school for navigation, cartography, and shipbuilding Set up colonies in Africa

Possible site of the school of navigation Established a school of navigation at Sagres, Portugal Cartography: Mapmaking Possible site of the school of navigation

Colony Labor Colony Market Natural Resources Labor Colony: territory controlled by people from a foreign land Mercantilism: Use of colonies to increase a nations wealth by gaining access to labor and natural resources

Portuguese Empire Time Period/Routes: 15th century: led the world in sea exploration and explored the western coast of Africa Motivation: find a trade route around Africa to Asia Important People Prince Henry Portuguese prince Established a school for navigation, cartography, and shipbuilding Set up colonies in Africa

Portuguese Empire Empires/Territory Most profitable: Brazil Brazil was a Portuguese colony until 1822 Mainly set up trading posts

Spanish Empire Time Period/Routes: 15th Century: Spanish explorers were searching for a trade route through or around North & South America to Asia Motivation: Wanted to find a quicker route to the gold & spices in Asia. Other Motivations: Looking for gold & spices Used missionaries to convert natives to Christianity

Spanish Empire Empire Territories Ruled huge amounts of territory in North and South America for 300 years Philippines in Asia

British Empire Time Period: 17th Century British empire was the largest in history Motivation: Used colonies such as Australia and Georgia as penal (prison) colonies to relieve overcrowded jails in England

British Empire Empire Territories controlled: Canada, Australia, India, much of Africa, and numerous islands

French Empire Time Period: French possessed colonies around the world from 1600 to 1900 Motivation: Imperialism.

French Empire Empire Territories The French Empire consisted of colonies in North America, Asia, and the West Indies The French lost many of these to Britain, but it still controlled part of Asia, North America and eventually parts of West Africa