Exploration Causes: The Renaissance Prince Henry the Navigator Better technology Stability in Europe

Exploration Big Names SPAIN AND PORTUGAL!!! Marco Polo Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Ferdinand Magellean SPAIN AND PORTUGAL!!!

Columbian Exchange

Exploration becomes Colonization! Reasons Competition in Europe Larger Populations Desire for wealth and religious conversions Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Tordesillas

Comparing Colonizing Powers Spain Began in the late 1400’s, early 1500’s Used their military to CONQUER the native peoples and used them as slaves Sought to take wealth OUT! Tried to force conversion of the native people Portugal

Comparing Colonizing Powers France Began in the 1500’s Sent over members of the military to set up trading stations Utilized the native peoples as allies- had the best relationship with them among ANY colonizing power Great Britain Began in the late 1500’s- mainly due to internal instability by Henry VIII Created “mini-Englands” with their citizens rather than members of their military Sought to use their colonies as sources of raw materials

Map of Early Colonization

Timeline of British Colonization 1587: Roanoke Island Sir Walter Raleigh 1588: Spanish Armada Defeat 1606: Virginia Company formed 1607: Jamestown First permanent English colony

Key Colonies Jamestown Location Key People Known for Smith Rolfe Pocahontas Known for Anglo-Powhatan War Tobacco House of Burgesses

Key Colonies Plymouth Location Key People Known for William Bradford Mayflower Compact Pilgrims

Key Colonies Massachusetts Bay Location Key People Known for John Winthrop Known for “A City Upon a Hill” Religious Intolerance Puritans

Key Colonies Rhode Island Location Key People Known for Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson Known for “Sewer of New England” Religious Tolerance Most Democratic

Key Colonies Pennsylvania Location Key People Known for William Penn Quakers Tolerance Bread

Key Colonies Georgia Location Key People Known for James Oglethorpe Debtor’s Prison Buffer Zone

How Geography Played a Role… The key parts of the: Southern Colonies Northern (New England) Colonies Middle Colonies

Wrap-up Discussion Questions How do you think the world would be different without the Spanish Armada Defeat occuring? Which explorer do you think was the most beneficial to exploration? Why? If you could go back in time to any colony, which would it be? Why? What questions do you still have?