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Module 10, Lesson 1 Notes Presentation Causes of Expansion Module 10, Lesson 1 Notes Presentation

Push and Pull factors A push factor is a reason to leave A pull factor is a reason to go These factors work together to make a person move to a certain location

Why did Europe begin to expand? Push factors- Why leave? Pull factors- Why go? Religious dissent Overcrowding in cities Searching for gold and wealth Convert Indians to Christianity Find a passage to the Indies

Why leave? Religious Difference New beliefs caused dissent of the English church Puritans believed that the Church of England was no longer “Protestant” enough Persecution of different groups lead to conflict with English government Puritans Quakers Catholics America was seen as a safe place for these people Image is of a St Bartholomew’s Church, a Puritan Church in England. John Winthrop was actually married in this church prior to migrating with Puritans to the America. Image is courtesy of Oliver Dixon under a CC license. It was found at www.geograph.org.uk/photo/185487

Why leave? Overcrowding in cities Cities became overcrowded as farmers were pushed off land Tenants were driven off land to create sheep pastures Wool is in demand Image of the sheep at Berthlwyd Farm in England is courtesy of Dan Gregory under a CC license. Image from www.geograph.org.uk/photo/780068

Why leave? War torn nations War was an epidemic in Europe Thirty Years War (mostly in Germany) Netherlands and Spain were fighting the Eighty Years War Wars of the Three Kingdoms (civil wars fought throughout Scotland, Ireland, and England) Russo-Prussian War Map is courtesy of Professor R. Schwart from Mounty Holoyoke College http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist260/30YrsWar1Map.jpg

Why go? Money Searching for gold and wealth Increase trade For country For self Increase trade Route to Indies Acquire natural resources Gold Tobacco Grain Lumber Fish The image of American gold is courtesy of Portableantiquities on Flickr per their CC license. The Image was found at www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-5201263036

Why go? Fresh start A group of people known as indentured servants came to the colonies Served for a certain time period to work off debt or prison time Usually about 7 years Earned transportation to new lands

Making it possible for others? The Fall of the Spanish Armada Opened the North Atlantic to English expansion England was more confident England could supply and protect the colonies more easily without Spanish threat Image courtesy of www.britishbattles.com/spanish-war/spanish-armada.htm

Making it possible: Low risk investment Joint stock companies were created Could pool together the capital of a lot of investors with little risk Image is courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park. It is a painting of Sidney E. King from www.nps.gov/jame

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