1. Exploration and Conquest

2. Exploration – Using Primary and Secondary Sources
Why explore?
The simple answer is the “Three G’s”
God
Gold
Glory
But there is more to it than that!
We will use primary and secondary sources to investigate WHY people would risk their lives to look for something they weren’t even sure existed!

3. Exploration – Using Primary and Secondary Sources
With your group:
Examine your document.
Determine whether it is a primary or secondary source.
Read the source and record answers to the Analysis Questions on your own paper.
Answer them on your own to start even if you aren’t sure…go back over the source to find support.
THEN collaborate with your group and add to (or take away from) your answers.
Your group will be responsible for:
Summarizing your document.
Discussing what you have found in your documents regarding European motivations for exploration!

4. Synthesizing Our Information
American History I – Exploration and Conquest
EUROPEAN MOTIVES FOR COLONIZATION
Economic
Social
Political

5. Synthesizing Our Information
American History I – Exploration and Conquest
EUROPEAN MOTIVES FOR COLONIZATION
Economic
Mercantilism  gov’ts wanted gold and silver thru trade (needed colonies for raw materials)
Wares in Europe were expensive (England was broke) and raw materials were scarce  need for bigger and stronger navy
Expanding trade to new places (new markets)
MONEY! (I’m rich!)  Spanish conquistadors looking for El Dorado
Social
Navigation technology improved (mapmaking, astrolabe, new sails)  encouraged curiosity
Tensions between Protestants and Catholics (and Christians and Muslims)
Disease and poor harvests led to rioting in England
Get rid of trouble-makers (poor, criminals, religious minorities, etc.)
Political
European powers were competing for (more) power
European powers were looking for Christian allies on other continents
Acquire new territories (build an empire)  England needed to do it the cheap way by relying on joint-stock companies to establish colonies
Decrease reliance on neighbors for goods/increase their neighbor’s reliance on THEM

6. Homework Complete Part 1 of the Exploration and Conquest Map
Use the provided map to complete the following:
Identify and label England, France, Spain and Portugal.
Identify and label Africa.
Create a key assigning a color to each country.
Identify colonial territories in the Americas and lightly shade those areas in the same color as the European power which conquered it.

7. Homework Check

9. American History I – Exploration and Conquest
Recap
American History I – Exploration and Conquest
EUROPEAN MOTIVES FOR COLONIZATION
Economic
Mercantilism  gov’ts wanted gold and silver thru trade (needed colonies for raw materials)
Wares in Europe were expensive (England was broke) and raw materials were scarce  need for bigger and stronger navy
Expanding trade to new places (new markets)
MONEY! (I’m rich!)  Spanish conquistadors looking for El Dorado
Social
Navigation technology improved (mapmaking, astrolabe, new sails)  encouraged curiosity
Tensions between Protestants and Catholics (and Christians and Muslims)
Disease and poor harvests led to rioting in England
Get rid of trouble-makers (poor, criminals, religious minorities, etc.)
Political
European powers were competing for (more) power
European powers were looking for Christian allies on other continents
Acquire new territories (build an empire)  England needed to do it the cheap way by relying on joint-stock companies to establish colonies
Decrease reliance on neighbors for goods/increase their neighbor’s reliance on THEM

10. Exploration – Using Primary and Secondary Sources
What are the impacts of exploration?
Keep in mind that Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World the same way a stranger might “discover” your house!
We will use primary and secondary sources to investigate WHAT impact European explorers had on this New World.

11. Exploration – Using Primary and Secondary Sources
With your group:
Examine your document.
Determine whether it is a primary or secondary source.
Read the source and record answers to the Analysis Questions on your own paper.
Answer them on your own to start even if you aren’t sure…go back over the source to find support.
THEN collaborate with your group and add to (or take away from) your answers.
Your group will be responsible for:
Summarizing your document.
Discussing what you have found in your documents regarding what impact European exploration had on the New World!

12. Synthesizing Our Information
American History I – Exploration and Conquest
Economic
IMPACTS ON THE AMERICAS
Social
Political

13. Synthesizing Our Information
American History I – Exploration and Conquest
Native Americans had no concept of private land ownership  can’t buy?…take!
Columbian Exchange  new trade goods exchanged between Old and New World (corn, potatoes, cattle, horses)
Europeans extracted gold, silver, etc. (mercantilism)  work was done by natives but many died
Economic
IMPACTS ON THE AMERICAS
Columbian Exchange  new diseases (smallpox) introduced to Americas (led to rapid depopulation – 90%+ died)
Declining native populations led to a need for more laborers  importation of African slaves
Many African slaves died on the Middle Passage (journey from Africa to the Americas)
Social
Native Americans had governments built on peace and defense
Many European slave traders bartered for slaves using crops grown in the New World (cloth, rum, etc. in exchange for slaves)  Triangular Trade  created opposition among Europeans, Africans and Native Americans
Political

14. Homework Complete Parts 2-5 of the Exploration and Conquest Map
Identify the items (at least two for each side) that were traded along these routes.
Identify and label the following Native American tribes/empires:
Select a new color and trace the pattern of the Columbian Exchange.
Inca
Add the Columbian Exchange to your key.
Aztec
Identify at least four items that were traded in both directions.
Iroquois
Seminole
Select a new color and trace the pattern of the Triangle Trade.
Cherokee
Powhatan
Add the Triangle Trade to your key.
Label Jamestown and Plymouth.

15. Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade