SPAIN – FRENCH - PORTUGAL & ENGLISH COLONIES in America
East & West “CRUSADE WARS” sparks REBIRTH in New Ideas Trade Goods ($$$) Science (Old and NEW) European Renaissance “Rebirth” Economic, Religious, Intellectual & Scientific Revolution Countries Go Exploring Portugal “Prince Henry the Navigator” Spain France England
Gold, God & Glory Reasons for Exploration (Gold) Far East Trade Route (Spices) (Gold) Wealth, gold, silver, gems & others precious metals (Gold) Claim New Lands (colonies = Exclusive Trade) (God) Convert People to Christianity (Glory) Adventure / Fame / Recognition Explorers of the New World ( you must know who and what )
SPAIN – FRENCH - PORTUGAL ENGLISH COLONIES in America
UNIT 1 – American Beginnings Chapter 1 – Section 5 Transatlantic Encounters Columbus Crosses the Atlantic First Encounters Taino Gold, Land & Religion Spanish Footholds Impact on Native Americans Methods of Colonization Resistance & Conquest Disease Ravages the Native Americans Slave Trade Begins New Slave Labor Force African Losses Impact on Europeans Columbian Exchange National Rivalries Treaty of Tordesillas New Society is Born
Chapter 2 – Section 1 Spain’s Empire in the Americas Spanish Claim Empire Conquistadors Cortez Subdues Aztecs New Spain Spanish Pattern of Conquest Mestizo Encomiendo Conquistadors Push North Exploring Florida Juan Ponce de Leon Settling the Southwest New Mexico Resistance to the Spanish Conflict in New Mexico Pope’s Rebellion Pope
Chapter 2 – Section 2 English Settlement at Jametown English Settlers Struggle in North America Business of Colonization Joint-Stock Companies Jamestown Disastrous Start Powhatan Jamestown Begins to Flourish Brown Gold and Indentured Servants Headright System Indentured Servants First African Laborers Settlers Clash with Native Americans English Pattern of Conquest Settlers Battle Native Americans Royal Colony Differences Split Virginia Hostilities Develop Bacon’s Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon
VIKINGS 985 - Eric the Red (Greenland) 1000 - Leif Ericson (Newfoundland)
PORTUGAL Prince Henry Bartholomeu Dias Vasco De Gama Pedro Cabral Ferdinand Magellan
SPAIN Christopher Columbus Vasco Nunez de Balboa Hernado Cortez Francisco Pizzaro Ponce de Leon Hernando de Soto Francisco Coronado Amerigo Vaspucci Treaty of Tordisillas
Sec. 1 Spain’s Empire in Americas Conquistadors Cortez – Aztecs 600 + Nahua Allies Tenochtilan (capital) God Legend Small Pox, Measles NEW SPAIN (Mexico City) Mestizo Encomienda System
Pope’ Rebellion Southwest Resistance to Mission System NEW MEXICO Santa Fe (Holy Faith) Resistance to Mission System Forced Tributes Pope’ Rebellion 17,000, 14 years 1588 Spanish Armada Defeat weakens Spain Disease Threatens Economic Empire Natives Die West African Slaves
Factors leading to colonization in North America National Rivalry Religious Persecution Economic Opportunity Political Unrest Columbian Exchange Culture Shift / Changes Population Shift Impact on African Society Impact on European Society
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