What would cause Europeans to explore?

Prince Henry the Navigator

Bartolomeu Dias

Vasco de Gama

Spain vs. Portugal

Treaty of Tordesillas Lands to the West of an imaginary vertical line drawn in the Atlantic, including most of the Americas = belonged to Spain Lands East of this line, including present day Brazil, belonged to Portugal.

Why would both sides agree to the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Mercantilism

Exports greater than imports Favorable balance of trade Colonies provided home countries with raw materials European countries used these materials for manufacturing Colonies were then markets for finished goods Colonies were often prohibited from buying goods from other nations bc of laws passed by their home countries

Results Major shifts in power occurred Spurred competition for overseas colonies = created rivalries Set a pattern for acquisition of lands and conquering native people

Results Merchants & Monarchs saw potential to increase wealth and power Peasants saw opportunity to live in the New World free from the hierarchy that bound them economically and socially.

Results Opened an era of genocide, cruelty and slavery. Enslavement of the Indians - not successful Result: African Slave Trade

What were the results of exploration?

1. Which items do you think had the most profound impact on the "New" World and why? 2. Which new items had the most profound impact on the "Old" World and why? 3. Were the benefits of the exchange equitable? Or did one Hemisphere benefit at the expense of the other? 1. Which items do you think had the most profound impact on the "New" World and why? 2. Which new items had the most profound impact on the "Old" World and why? 3. Were the benefits of the exchange equitable? Or did one Hemisphere benefit at the expense of the other?

What was the French Motivation for settlement?

“The Beaver does everything perfectly well, it makes kettles, hatchets, swords, knives, bread; and, in short, it makes everything.” He was making sport of us Europeans, who have such a fondness for the skin of this animal and who fight to see who will give the most to these Barbarians, to get it; they carry this to such an extent that my host said to me one day, showing me a very beautiful knife, “The English have no sense; they give us twenty knives like this for one Beaver skin.” (Lepore, 91)

Global Trade Rise of Capitalism Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit Commercial Revolution – increase in commerce (trade)

Global Trade Increase in nations $ supply Inflation = steady rise in the price of goods Joint Stock Company = investors buy shares of a stock in a company

Effects Growth of towns Rise of merchant class – great wealth Majority of people in Europe remained poor Increased wealth of European nations Creation of national identity

Closing Question In your opinion, what was the most significant impact of the Columbian exchange on the world today?