1. The Age of Early SPANISH Explorations & Conquests
VUS 2-3-PART 1

2. Motives for European Exploration
1. Monarchs (Kings and Queens) seeking
new sources of (money).GOLD
2. Fame and Fortune for country. GLORY
3. Missionaries-to convert native peoples to
Catholicism. GOD

3. New Weapons Technology

4. Christoforo Colon(Columbus) [1451-1506]

5. COLUMBUS-THE TRUTH THOUGHT NEW WORLD WAS ASIA
4 VOYAGES CARIBBEAN (WEST INDIES)
NEVER LANDED ON CONTINENTAL US
DIDN’T FIND MUCH GOLD
ENSLAVED/CONQUERED NATIVE PEOPLES
IMPORTANCE-TRADING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD WORLD/NEW WORLD

7. COLUMBUS’ VOYAGES

9. ***LEGACY OF COLUMBUS’ EXPLORATIONS
THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION OF COLUMBUS’ DISCOVERIES TO HISTORY WOULD BE THE PERMANENT TRADING RELATIONSHIP THAT WOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE.EX. COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

10. ***COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
AMERICAS
EUROPE

13. The Aztecs and Cortez
vs.
Hernando Cortez
Montezuma II

14. **SPANISH CONQUESTS 1519-CORTEZ CONQUERED THE AZTECS in MEXICO
DEFEATED MONTEZUMA
UNLIKE COLUMBUS FOUND LOTS OF GOLD

15. Mexico Surrenders to Cortez

16. The Death of Montezuma II

17. European Empires in the Americas

18. 1565-1st permanent European settlement in the current United States
ST.AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
1565-1st permanent European settlement in the current United States

19. Historic map of Florida

20. **IMPACT ON AFRICANS
AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT (THE TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTE) TO THE AMERICAS AS SLAVES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATER ON SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS

21. TRIANGULAR SLAVE ROUTE

22. ***FRENCH EXPLORATION
By contrast, FRENCH exploration of Canada DID NOT lead to large scale immigration from France
Relations with native peoples were better-
Indians helped with fur trade

24. EARLY EXPLORATION/COLONIZATION
IMPACT OF EARLY EXPLORATION/COLONIZATION WAS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WORLD’S PEOPLE/POPULATION.