1. Three Worlds Meet

2. Native Americans
-Crossed the land bridge during the last Ice Age
-Started as Hunter/Gatherers (nomadic)
-Eventually developed Agriculture (stationary)
-adapted to their environments
-close relationship to the land
communal ownership – everyone owns everything
-belief in universal spirit – all connected through nature
-Tribal communities – elders in charge

4. *(don’t write this down, just listen)
Europe
*(don’t write this down, just listen)
Birth of “humanism”
Crusades
-exploring and trading
Europe disorganized
Greeks and the Romans

5. Vasco Da Gama (from Portugal) -Went around Africa to India
Explorers
-Renaissance
-A period of cultural rebirth which created a renewed interest in exploration
Vasco Da Gama (from Portugal)
-Went around Africa to India
Christopher Columbus
-reached the Americas in 1492, arrived at an island called San Salvador
-Columbus thought he was in the West Indies, off the coast of Asia

7. -Reached the Pacific by crossing Panama
Other Explorers
Amerigo Vespucci
-Realized that the Americas are continents
Vasco Balboa
-Reached the Pacific by crossing Panama
Ferdinand Magellan
-Sailed around the world
Conquistadors- Spanish explorers who wanted: GOLD
Cortés – Aztéc
Pizarro - Inca

8. -Columbus’ impression
Impact of Contact
-Columbus’ impression
-colonization by force:
Natives have no choice
-effects of disease
-importation of Africans
-Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal

9. Impact of Contact
-Columbus’ impression
-colonization by force
Natives have no choice
-effects of disease
Estimated 90% of NA’s died of smallpox
-importation of Africans
-began in the 1600s
-Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal

10. -Treaty of Tordesillas
Impact of Contact
-Treaty of Tordesillas
A treaty between Spain and Portugal that divided the Americas for future exploration
 good deal for Spain

11. 2 Major Impacts of Columbian Exchange
-The transfer of goods between New World societies (America) and Old World societies (Europe)
-Americas sent corn, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, tobacco
-Europe sent horses, cows, pigs, and technology (and DISEASE)
2 Major Impacts of Columbian Exchange
1) World Population Increase
2) NA population devastated because of disease

13. European Settlements -European Settlements
-as European nations began to settle the New World they settled in certain areas
-Spanish-- St. Augustine, Florida 1565
Southwest Florida, Texas
-French– Canada, Mississippi R.
-Dutch —New York
-English —East Coast

14. A group of English settlers led by Sir Walter Raleigh
First English Attempt
-Roanoke, NC
A group of English settlers led by Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke became known as the “Lost Colony”
John White
-went back to England for supplies, returned 3 years later and found no one at Roanoke
Virginia Dare
-1st English born child in America

15. Google images, Library of Congress, History.com, etc…
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Google images, Library of Congress, History.com, etc…