APUSH Review: Video #2: European Exploration And The Columbian Exchange (Key Concept 1.2, I, A-C) Shout Out Time: Mr. Sawyer’s Class in Massachusetts. Thanks for watching. Best of luck! Everything You Need To Know About European Exploration And The Columbian Exchange To Succeed In APUSH
Reasons For European Exploration Think 3 Gs - Gold, Glory, and God Search for new resources of wealth: Gold and Silver Economic and Military Competition: English defeat of the Spanish Armada Desire to spread Christianity: Major goal of the Spanish (Catholicism) Mission System: Outposts throughout the Americas to help convert Natives
Columbian Exchange Spread of crops, diseases, people, and ideas New introductions to Europe from Americas: Potatoes, maize -> increase in European population New introductions to Americas from Europe: Horse & guns Diseases - drastically decreased Native populations Influx of gold (Spain) Helped transform Europe from feudalism to capitalism
Increased International Trade Maritime technology: Sextant - could be used to find exact position on earth - more precise sailing Caravel - faster ships Joint-stock Companies: Used to raise $ for explorations
Quick Recap What were 3 reasons for European Exploration? How did the Columbian Exchange impact Europe? How did the Columbian Exchange impact the Americas? How did maritime technology improve? What was a joint-stock company?
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