 Starting in 1095 AD Pope Urban II ordered Roman Catholics in Western Europe to invade the Holy Land and expel the Muslims from Jerusalem.  Led to the age of exploration because the Crusaders were attacking foreign nations, they saw enormous wealth and wondered what else was out there…

 Reasons for Exploration and Conquest  4 G’s  Gold  God  Greed  Glory

 Explorers were looking for a water passage that goes across North America that connects the Atlantic and Pacific.  It would be easier to get to Asia than sailing around South America  Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist

 Spanish conquerors  Columbus, Cortez, Coronado, Pizarro

 Churches set up by Spanish explorers to convert the Native Americans to Christianity

 Settlement that follows the rules of the mother country.  The US was a British colony.

 The trade route between North America and Europe.  Plants  Animals  People  Diseases

 Explorers would capture conquered peoples and enslave them or sell them to other Europeans.

 A large farm that grows a cash crop  Tobacco  Indigo  Corn  Cotton