EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Searching for New Trade Routes Before the age of Exploration, people believed that Europe, Asia, and Africa were the only 3 continents on the globe Most educated people in the early 1400s believed the world was round They described the Ocean Sea as the area between Europe and Asia EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION But what were they missing???

Searching for New Trade Routes In the early 1400s, trade between Europe and Asia was very profitable However, the trip from Europe to Asia could be as long as 1,500 miles across land This took a very long time and was also very dangerous EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Reasons for Exploration People began to wonder if they could reach Asia if they sailed West around the world Explorers from all competing countries were now looking for a Northwest Passage (an East to West trade route to Asia) EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Searching for New Trade Routes Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, was one of the first explorers to believe that he could reach Asia by sailing West around the world EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Searching for New Trade Routes Spain decided to sponsor Columbus’s Trip to Asia by sailing West In 1492, Columbus set sail to try to find a Northwest Passage to Asia EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Searching for New Trade Routes Columbus reached land on October 12, 1492, he believed he was in Asia, but had really landed in the Bahamas Columbus has discovered the New World on accident! EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Searching for New Trade Routes Columbian Exchange: the transfer of ideas, plants, animals, people, disease, and technological innovations that happened after and because Columbus discovered the New World. EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco New World Corn Potatoes Beans Cocoa Gold Silver Tobacco Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza Old World Wheat Sugar Horses Cows Smallpox Measles Influenza

Searching for New Trade Routes Columbus voyage led to many other explorers, from many other European countries, seeking out and claiming land in the New World EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION Early map of the New World Early map of the New World

Reasons for Exploration The period of Exploration was from Rally cry for exploration was for “Gold, Glory, and God” Gold: race to expand European trade to increase wealth Glory: competition for recognition and power among European countries God: Desire for religious freedom and missionary work in the New World EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Reasons for Colonization As people began to Explore the New Land, it led to them thoughts of colonization Colonization: Mass amounts of people from a specific country migrating to a new place to settle colonies with their own economies and societies EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

Reasons for Colonization There were 4 basic motives for colonization Religious Economic Political Social EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

 In groups you will practice taking Cornell notes while reading information about these 4 reasons for colonization