1. European Expansion
Chapter 2

2. 1000-1300 CE Small Trade Expansion Crusades to the Holy Land
Islam expands into Africa
Marco Polo Explores the Silk Road and China

3. Growth of Trade Merchants- Sellers who travel around the world
Merchants begin traveling and bringing things back from their travels to sell to people
Spices, silks, precious stones

4. Growth of Ideas
The Renaissance explodes

5. The Original Big 3
Spain
England
Portugal

6. Better Technology
Better maps
Astrolabe
Better Ships
Caravel

7. African Trading Kingdoms
Ghana
Mali
Songhai Empire
Slave trade, spices, gold, diamonds, ivory
Sharia Law

8. Exploration
The 3 G’s
Competition for gold

9. Dividing the World Line of Demarcation
Pope draws a line down the middle of the Atlantic, Spain gets half, Portugal gets half

10. Amerigo Vespucci 1499 Mapping South America
Hey wait a minute, this isn’t Asia

11. Vasco de Nunez de Balboa
Hears of a “great water” on the western side of the continent
Figures the land ends somewhere so I’ll try to find it
First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas

12. Ferdinand Magellan Wants to Circumnavigate the Globe
The Ballad of Magellan

13. Spain in the New World We know Spain was very successful
Look how many south and central American nations speak spanish
Encomienda System
The right to collect taxes from the land you rule
Turns the Natives into slaves
Plantation system begins

14. Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
Religion should be accessible and free, no sale of indulgences
John Calvin
Your salvation is predecided
King Henry VIII
I want a divorce

15. Economics Mercantilism- A nations power is based on its wealth
The New World is seen as the land of economic opportunity
“Get Rich Quick” on resources

16. The Columbian Exchange

17. The Northwest Passage
The Line of Demarcation leaves France, Britain, and the Netherlands out of the equation
They settle where they want

18. Notable Explorers John Cabot Giovanni de Verranzo Jacques Cartier
Sent by England to find the “Northwest Passage”
Italian
Giovanni de Verranzo
Sent by France to find the “Northwest Passage”
Jacques Cartier
French explorer, Looking for the “Northwest Passage”
Henry Hudson
Dutch sailor, looking for a water route to the Pacific ocean
Mutiny, set adrift, never seen again

19. French and Dutch Settlements
French set up trading posts and begin to develop a “friendly” relationship with the Natives
Dutch settle what is modern day New York including the island of Manhattan and name it New Amsterdam
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