1. History of the Ancient and Medieval World
Beyond Europe
Walsingham Academy
Ms. Hockaday

2. Starter- Read “Witness History” on page 472
Respond to the following question:
How did a small number of Spanish conquistadors conquer huge Native American empires?

3. The Scientific Revolution
Nationalism
Indigenous Peoples
The Reformation
The Renaissance
The Voyages
Of Discovery
The Scientific Revolution

4. Whose viewpoint?

5. More Views

6. Conquest in the Americas
Columbus meets the Taínos
Relationship went from good to bad…why?
Taínos didn’t pay homage to Christian symbols
Columbus claimed land for Spain & took prisoners
Conquistadors defeat Native Americans despite being outnumbered
How?
Guns & cannons
Armor
Horses
Diseases (no immunity)

7. Cortés Conquers Mexico
From Cuba; traveled to Tenochtitlan (Aztec)
Through alliances w/others, Cortés was able to fight and conquer the Aztecs
The emperor, Moctezuma, was willing to work with Cortés
Cortés tricked him into signing over his land & treasures

8. Pizzaro Takes Peru Pizzaro was interested in the Incas in Peru
After a civil war in Peru, Pizzaro captured the ruler & killed him
Using their advantages (which were…?) they overran the Incans and added to the Spanish empire (Ecuador and Chile)

9. Effects of Spanish Conquistadors
Spain becomes a superpower
NA lost faith in their gods and converted to Christianity
Most of the world is now connected by sea routes
Cultural diffusion

10. History Mind-Mapping: 5 W’s and an H (use handouts & pp. 472-476)
For each of the First Conquests in the Americas, answer the following questions:
WHO:
WHAT: (ex—things were going well until Taínos mistakenly did not recognize Christian symbols)
WHEN:
WHERE:
WHY:
HOW: (ex—disease)

11. Tonight’s Homework A CHANGE-
READ Pages and complete the Venn diagram on page 480

12. Starter: Read “Traveler’s Tales” on pp. 474-475
Reply to the Thinking Critically Questions
Be prepared to share your responses

13. Spain and Portugal

14. Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494
In 1493 Pope Alexander VI issued a decree that would serve as an agreement between Spain and Portugal that drew an imaginary line across the Atlantic Ocean. This would keep Spain and Portugal from fighting over who would own what land. The Portuguese were not happy with this so they decided to fight the issue and in 1494 the Treaty of Tordesilla was issued which basically just gave Portugal Brazil

17. In-Class Activity
View The Last Conquistador Video Clip and answer questions
What were motivating factors of Portuguese and Spanish ventures beyond Europe?
Compare and contrast the patterns of Portuguese and Spanish ventures beyond Europe?
Identify technological advances which made possible the voyages of exploration during this period.
Name the cultural traditions that came together to shape life in the New World. How did the colonial social order reflect the interactions of these traditions?

18. Trade & The Struggle for North America
Starter—Read the Biography on Jacques Cartier (page 483) answer the following question:
Why were Cartier’s discoveries undervalued at the time?

19. Building New France
Jacques Cartier claimed much of Canada or New France for the French
Jesuits followed…why?
First settlement: 1608 with Champlain’s colony in Quebec
Farming was not pleasurable due to Canada’s climate; turned to fishing (cod), fur trapping & trading

20. The 13 English Colonies
John Cabot: 1497; from Venetian discovered fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland & claimed the area for England
1st successful permanent colony was in 1607: Jamestown
Meant to bring wealth & prosperity; many died
Few survived with help from Native Americans
Growth of tobacco

21. The 13 English Colonies
Plymouth, Massachusetts- Pilgrims in 1620 (Protestants who rejected the Anglican Church)
Signed the Mayflower Compact
Survived with help from Native Americans

22. The 13 English Colonies Middle Colonies (Mid Atlantic) Southern
New England
Fishing
Timber
Shipbuilding
Massachusetts set up for those who were persecuted
Connecticut & Rhode Island were started from dissenters of the Massachusetts colony
NH was a proprietary colony
Middle Colonies (Mid Atlantic)
Grain
Some small farm ventures
Shipbuilding & lumber also
Pennsylvania began for those who were persecuted
NY. NJ & Delaware- commercial ventures
Southern
Plantations
Cash crops—tobacco and rice
Virginia was a commercial venture
Maryland was started by a Lord (Baltimore) who wanted freedom from Catholic Church
Carolinas-commercial venture
Georgia was a prison colony for debtors

23. Struggling For Power French and Indian War (1763)
English colonies experienced self-government & when that was taken away, issues began…
English & Dutch- East Coast
Native Americans also want in on the battle
Spain- Present Day Texas and Florida
French- Present Day Canada & Central US
French and Indian War (1763)
Treaty of Paris gave England control of North America

24. Columbian Exchange
Started with Columbus—hence the name

26. Disease Exchange

28. Changes In Europe What was one change caused by European exploration?
Prices rose (inflation)
Capitalism (investing money to make a profit)
Mercantilism (export more than you import)
Imagine that you live in Europe in the 1600s. What is one way that the Columbian exchange might affect you?
Exposure to new goods
Nobility less powerful; peasant: no change

30. Atlantic Slave Trade: Triangular Trade

31. Atlantic Slave Trade/ Middle Passage
What were two effects of the slave trade?
Many Africans died on trip to new world
Some societies and small states disappeared
New states that depended on slave trade developed
Conflicts arose in Southern Africa
When did the slave trade officially end in the British empire?
1833

32. Europe Spreads its Influence

33. TULIPMANIA
was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed. At the peak of tulip mania in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble (or economic bubble), The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble (when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values).
A tulip, known as "the Viceroy", displayed in a 1637 Dutch catalog. Its bulb cost between 3000 and 4200 florins depending on size. A skilled craftsman at the time earned about 300 florins a year

34. Assignment 1: In-Class Activity

35. Astrolabe: Paris Observatory (A School Project: Made by 16-year-old)
Assignment 1: due Wed. 5/1
Study slides 2-4 and anticipate the questions.
Read photocopies:
The Search for Spices
Conquest in the Americas
Spanish and Portuguese Colonies
Using complete sentences,
answer 6 Review Questions
Follow link and read.
Astrolabe: Paris Observatory
(A School Project: Made by 16-year-old)

36. Assignment 2: due Wed., 5/1 Read text, pp. 477-481
Complete Graphic Organizers: Spanish Colonies in America, Empires in the Americas.
A Missionary Protests
How does the painting of the mine (pp. 477) at Potosí reinforce Las Casas’s view?
The picture shows the enormous scale of the silver mines with humans forced to work like ants.

37. Assignment 3: due Thurs. 5/2
Read photocopies:
Turbulent Centuries in Africa
Struggle for North America
Changes in Europe
Using complete sentences,
answer 6 Review Questions
Native village (North Carolina) as seen by artist John White of
Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition, 1585

38. Assignment 4: due Fri. 5/3 Read text, pp. 491-497
Define mercantilism, capitalism.
Complete Graphic Organizers: Recognize Sequence.
Explain how Tulipmania reflected the economic changes of its time.
They both focus on trade; the powderhorn works as a trade route map and the print shows a busy trading port in the West Indies, both the result of the discovery of the New World.
Uniting the World
How do the visuals reinforce the idea that Smith expresses?

39. Question 1
Why were Portugal and Spain the leaders in European exploration?

40. Question 2
How did the Portuguese and the Spanish differ in their approaches to exploiting new lands?

41. Question 3 1 2