Age of Exploration and Colonization

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Age of Exploration and Colonization

Motives in the Age of Exploration Attracted to East for silks and spices Difficult to trade with Islamic empires Desire for wealth and adventure religious zeal- save souls Summary Gold, Glory and God

Improvements in Navigation Better maps, follow coasts at first, used compass better ships- square sails and new hull design, heavy enough to carry cannon use of astrolabe- magnetic compass sail by stars

New Technology The compass The astrolabe

Portuguese Explorers Prince Henry- first school to train navigators Diaz- made it to Cape of Good Hope- 1488 Vasco de Gama- went in search of Christians and spices- arrived in India 1510 Portuguese flags in Goa, India and Macao, China

The Spanish Believed a short cut could be found by sailing west Columbus- (Genoan) went west 1492 arrived in Caribbean thought it was the Indies thus the west Indies- Magellan- around the world

Pattern of Contact Begin by trading Armed conflict- Europeans had cannons set up trading partners- some stay to protect partners and Europeans made alliances with local leaders developed mercantilism- material from colony- buy finished products from Europe.

Slave Trade Portuguese- trade with Africa- To Portugal as servants then to Brazil to work on plantations Africans less susceptible to European diseases than Native Americans death rate was high 13-30% just on the trip African middlemen active- depopulated entire areas of Africa- food from America helped increase birthrate

Spice Trade-East Indies Very important to Europeans- made food taste better Led to increased desire to trade with Asia VERY profitable!

Impact on World by European Contact Purpose of colonies was to serve the homeland -slaves, furs, cotton, fish, spices, tobacco, gold /silver. Colonies improved the lives of Europeans greatly. In the Americas Disease was devastating. Measles, influenza, smallpox Violence common

The World Dominated by Europe (cont) Africa- completely dominated by Europe- only one independent country- Ethiopia Southeast Asia- French in Vietnam, British in Burma, Spanish in Philippines, Dutch in Indonesia India- French and British compete- British win South America- Spanish dominated: Others joined ( French, Dutch, British, and Portuguese) too

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