The Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE EUROPEAN MOTIVATION FOR EXPLORING THE WORLD AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE REST!

GOD, GLORY, AND GOLD!!!! European Motivation The THREE MAIN REASONS EUROPEANS WANTED TO EXPLORE were GOD, GLORY, AND GOLD!!!!

European Motivation Exploring for God After Constantinople was conquered in 1453 by Muslims they made European nations (Christians) pay a tax if they wanted to get goods from “The Spice Islands” or travel on the Silk Road EUROPEANS DID NOT LIKE GIVING MONEY TO MUSLIMS !

European Motivation Exploring for God European Christians, especially Catholics, wanted to stop the spread of Islam & convert non-Christians to the faith Explorers were encouraged to spread Christianity or bring missionaries who would focus only on conversions

European Motivation EXPLORING FOR GLORY Kings who sponsored voyages of exploration gained overseas colonies, new sources of wealth for their nation, & increased power Exploration presented Europeans the opportunity to rise from poverty and gain fame, fortune, & status

European Motivation EXPLORING FOR GOLD Merchants began looking for quick, direct trade routes to Asia to avoid Muslim & Italian merchants & increase profits The Crusades & Renaissance stimulated European desires for exotic Asian luxury goods

European Motivation EXPLORING FOR GOLD Once European countries started going to new continents they looked for gold, silver, and natural resources!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION These are the four countries that contributed the most to Exploration Portugal England Spain France

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Portugal:

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Portugal: Was the first major player in exploration thanks to Prince Henry The Navigator

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Prince Henry The Navigator: He was the son of a King who never went on ships to explore but played an important part into Portugal’s exploration

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Prince Henry The Navigator: He brought in the best map makers, ship builders and sailors from all around Europe to learn at the navigation school he created.

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Prince Henry The Navigator: Thanks to his navigational school and all the men who went to it along with him funding voyages (providing cash) Portugal was the first European country to sail down Africa and reach the Indies via a water route!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Prince Henry The Navigator: Portugal set up colonies on the African Coast, the Spice Islands, and Brazil

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Thanks to Prince Henry’s expeditions Europe now had maps of the West African coast, new trade routes to The Indies, spread Christianity to the people of The Indies, trading posts on West Africa (Led to slavery), and he made Portugal rich thanks to all the wealth their explorers discovered!!!!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Portugal sailors were scared to go south towards Africa bc of all the “MONSTERS” they saw in the ocean (Sharks and Whales)

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Spain

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Spain took notice of what Portugal was doing and thanks to its King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella Spain sponsored more expeditions overseas than any other country!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Spain sent Conquistadors (explorers) to the new world to find gold, claim land, and spread Christianity

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION The Conquistadors that Spain sent to the new world were very successful and established Spanish colonies in both North and South America Thanks to all the gold and resources discovered Spain became the most powerful country in Europe early on during the Age of Exploration!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Spain and Portugal had a meeting to divide the world up amongst themselves and they came up with the Treaty of Tordesillas

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION Treaty of Tordesillas: Under this agreement in 1494 Portugal was promised any new land east of the line and Spain west of the line. Neither side could develop colonies on the other side of the line! WHO GOT THE BETTER DEAL? One huge result of the treaty is the land that the Spanish took over west of the line now mainly speak Spanish and where Portugal took over they speak Portuguese

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION France:

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION France: The French main reason for exploring were FISH AND FUR!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION France: French taught Christianity to Native Americans but didn’t make them slaves!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION France: The French wanted to find a Northwest Passage to Asia and the spices of The Spice Islands!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION France: When they did not find that passage they started making colonies (permanent) settlements in Modern day Canada and the middle of the United States!

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION England:

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION England: The English came to the New World for religious reasons (persecuted in England), gold, and to find new land to make colonies on

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION England: The English explored/settled in the modern day East Coast of the United States and portions of Canada.

MAJOR PLAYERS OF EXPLORATION The Dutch (Netherlands): They also explored the east coast of America and actually settled at a place we now call NEW YORK CITY, but they were kicked out of the New World by the English!