Jan. 23rd Warmup What were the motivations behind European exploration of distant lands? Anything of value: Gold, spices, and luxury goods Trade Larger profits Catholic conversion The motivations behind European exploration of distant lands were anything of value (gold, spices, and luxury goods), trade, larger profits, and Catholic conversion.
11.1 European Exploration & Expansion Page #192-197
European Explorers
European Explorers
Treaty of Tordesillas Background: Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) Spain & Portugal feared each other would claim each other’s territories Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) North-south boundary line Portugal would have east Control of Africa and Spice trade Spain would have west Most of the America’s
Treaty of Tordesillas
Portuguese Portuguese Explorers 2. Bartholomeu Dias 3. Cape of Good Hope (1488) 2. Vasco da Gama 3. Calicut, India (1498) 3. Big $$ from cargo of Indian spices 2. Afonso de Albuquerque 3. established a port in Goa, India 3. Melaka- took control of spice trade from Muslims
Spanish Spanish Explorers 2. Columbus 3. reached the Americas (1492) 3. reached all major Caribbean islands, he called “Indies” 2. Magellan 3. waterway along tip of S. America, “Strait of Magellan” 3. killed in Philippines; remembered as 1st around globe 2. Amerigo Vespucci 3. many voyages; America named after him 2. Hernan Cortes 3. Conquest of the Aztec 2. Francisco Pizzaro 3. Conquest of the Inca
Making Connections Portuguese Spanish Invented the caravel Used government sponsorship Went to Africa for gold, later India & Spice Islands Portuguese signed a treaty with Moluccan ruler for control of the spice trade over the Arabs Limited number of trading posts Did not have the power, people, or desire to colonize these regions. Went to America; took control of Brazil Used government sponsorship Conquistadors went to America Conquered Aztec & Inca Empires Created an empire by destroying civilizations and killing native populations Empire expansion
European Rivals England, France, and the Netherlands also explored and settled in the Americas. Dutch: West India Company New Netherland, never flourished English: Seized the colony of New Netherland, rename New York Virginia & Massachusetts Bay Colony Established control of the eastern seaboard of N. America French: Colonized Canada & Louisiana
Homework Read Lesson 11.2 (online), pages #198-203 11.2 Vocabulary List: Destruction of local cultures Increase European Trade Mercantilism Columbian Exchange Plantation System Dutch East India Company Slave Trade Middle Passage Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade