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Major Participants, Where They Were, and What They Did
AGE OF EXPLORATION Major Participants, Where They Were, and What They Did
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Nation: Portugal Where: Europe-Africa-Asia-Brazil Who/When: 1. Prince Henry the Navigator --- est. school at Sagres; promoted exploration 2. Diaz (1487) -- sailed to Cape of Good Hope 3. DaGama (1497) -- 1st to sail the all water route from Europe to India 4. Cabral (1500) -- claimed Brazil for Portugal What To Remember: 1. Earliest leader in Age of Exploration 2. 1st to pioneer all water route from Europe to Asia (via Africa) 3. est. trading empire throughout the Indian Ocean area (1500s)
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Nation: Spain Where: southern U.S., Mexico, Central & South America (except Brazil) Who/When: 1. Columbus (1492) --- discovers New World in Americas 2. de Leon (1513) --- gives Spain claim to Florida 3. Magellan (1519) st to circumnavigate the world 4. Cortes (1521) --- conquers Aztec Empire of Mexico 5. Pizarro (1532) --- defeats Incan Empire of Peru 6. Coronado (1540) --- explores American Southwest (Grand Canyon)
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Nation: Spain (Cont.) What To Remember: 1. 1st European country in the New World 2. Est. colonies in the Americas (not just trade empire) 3. Direct European rule & encomienda system 4. Est. vast New World Empire (New Spain & New Mexico); stretched from southern US down through South America 5. Most powerful nation in world in 1500s
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Nation: France Where: eastern Canada, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Who/ When: 1. J. Cartier (1534) --- St. Lawrence River; est. Montreal 2. S. de Champlain (1608) --- est. Quebec (center of New France) 3. J. Marquette & L. Jolliet (1673) --- explored Great Lakes & upper Miss. River regions 4. R. de LaSalle (1682) --- lower Miss. River; claims for France (Louisiana) What To Remember: 1. Vast empire but few settlers 2. Fur trade led to less intrusive type of invasion 3. Good relations with Native Americans
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King Louis XIV and French Exploration of the New World
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Exploration of Cartier
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Marquette & Jolliet
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LaSalle Early Voyagas
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LaSalle’s last voyage
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Nation: England Where: Atlantic Coast of US Who/ When: 1. Jamestown (1607) --- 1st permanent English colony in America (Virginia) 2. Plymouth (1620) --- Pilgrims est. for religious freedom 3. Mass. Bay (1630) --- Puritans est. colony that grows into Mass.
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Jamestown
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Plymouth
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Mass. Bay Colony
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Lost colony of Roanoke (Sir Walter Raleigh)
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Nation: England (Cont.)
What To Remember: 1. English est. colonies & sent settlers 2. Allowed great freedom to its colonists (encouraged growth) 3. Compact empire 4. Poor relations with Native Americans *Powhatan War (1622) --- Virginia * Pequot War (1640s) --- Conn. * King Philip’s War (1675) --- Mass.
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Nation: Netherlands (Cont.)
Where: Mid-Atlantic area of US, Indian Ocean (1600s) Who/ When: 1. Henry Hudson (1609) --- discovers Hudson River and claims New York/ New Jersey area for Dutch What To Remember: 1. est. settlement at New Netherland 2. created a “wedge” between English colonies (North to South) 3. taken over by English in 1664
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Hudson’s First Expedition
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