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SECTION 4 THE ATLANTIC WORLD IS BORN
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What motivated Columbus to sail for the “Indies”? What motivated Columbus to sail for the “Indies”? How did European disease travel through the Americas? How did European disease travel through the Americas?
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FACTS COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND NATIVES WERE LIVING ON THE AMERICAS & OTHER EUROPEANS WERE ALREADY THERE NATIVES WERE LIVING ON THE AMERICAS & OTHER EUROPEANS WERE ALREADY THERE
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BORN IN 1451 IN GENOA, ITALY BORN IN 1451 IN GENOA, ITALY BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM A HEROIC MISSION BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM A HEROIC MISSION
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A DARING EXPEDITION PETITIONED VARIOUS EUROPEAN MONARCHS TO SPONSOR HIS VOYAGE TO THE INDIES PETITIONED VARIOUS EUROPEAN MONARCHS TO SPONSOR HIS VOYAGE TO THE INDIES TITLED “HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA” BY FERDINAND & ISABELLA OF SPAIN TITLED “HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA” BY FERDINAND & ISABELLA OF SPAIN THEY AUTHORIZED COLUMBUS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OF THE LANDS OF INDIA. THEY AUTHORIZED COLUMBUS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OF THE LANDS OF INDIA.
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GOVERNOR OF THE ISLANDS & CONTINENTS THAT HE DISCOVERED GOVERNOR OF THE ISLANDS & CONTINENTS THAT HE DISCOVERED
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REASONS FOR THE VOYAGE HOPED TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY & TO GAIN HONOR, FORTUNE, & FAME HOPED TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY & TO GAIN HONOR, FORTUNE, & FAME CATHOLICISM CATHOLICISM ROYAL PARTONS SHARED THE DESIRE TO CONVERT PEOPLE ROYAL PARTONS SHARED THE DESIRE TO CONVERT PEOPLE WANTED TO BYPASS THE MUSLIMS & FIND A WAY TO TRADE DIRECTLY WITH THE INDIES WANTED TO BYPASS THE MUSLIMS & FIND A WAY TO TRADE DIRECTLY WITH THE INDIES
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SPAIN’S RIVALRY WITH PORTUGAL SPAIN’S RIVALRY WITH PORTUGAL
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DESTINATION ASIA FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1492 THREE SHIPS SET OUT FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1492 THREE SHIPS SET OUT NOT ENOUGH FOOD- UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE OCEAN NOT ENOUGH FOOD- UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE OCEAN OCTOBER 12- THE PINTA SPOTTED LAND (NOT CHINA) OCTOBER 12- THE PINTA SPOTTED LAND (NOT CHINA) SAN SALVADOR (THE BAHAMAS) SAN SALVADOR (THE BAHAMAS)
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A HISTORIC MEETING WELCOMED BY THE TAINOS OFFERED THEM PARROTS, COTTON, THREAD, & JAVELINS “FORCED” GIFTS FOR THE QUEEN SOME NATIVE AMERICANS (NAMED INDIANS)
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HEADING HOME JANUARY 16, 1493 JANUARY 16, 1493 SANTA MARIA HAD RUN AGROUND SANTA MARIA HAD RUN AGROUND BECAME GOVERNOR OF HISPANOLA IN THE CARRIBBEAN BECAME GOVERNOR OF HISPANOLA IN THE CARRIBBEAN CAME BACK 6 MONTHS LATER CAME BACK 6 MONTHS LATER
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LATER VOYAGES 4 TRIPS TO THE AMERICAS
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NATIVES COMPLAINED THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WAS HARSH & UNFAIR NATIVES COMPLAINED THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WAS HARSH & UNFAIR COLUMBUS LOST HIS GOVERNORSHIP & PRESTIGE COLUMBUS LOST HIS GOVERNORSHIP & PRESTIGE STILL THOUGHT HE REACHED THE INDIES STILL THOUGHT HE REACHED THE INDIES DIED A DISAPPOINTED MAN IN 1506 DIED A DISAPPOINTED MAN IN 1506
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A NEW CONTINENT 1499- AMERIGO VESPUCCI MADE 2 VOYAGES TO THE CARRIBBEAN 1499- AMERIGO VESPUCCI MADE 2 VOYAGES TO THE CARRIBBEAN SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS NEW LAND “THE NEW WORLD” SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS NEW LAND “THE NEW WORLD” WALDSEEMULLER WALDSEEMULLER 1507- FIRST MAP TO SHOW THE NEW WORLD, NAMES AMERICA 1507- FIRST MAP TO SHOW THE NEW WORLD, NAMES AMERICA
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COLUMBUS’S IMPACT THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE EUROPEAN SHIPS BROUGHT BACK BROUGHT PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES, COCOA, & POTATOES FROM AMERICAS EUROPEAN SHIPS BROUGHT BACK BROUGHT PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES, COCOA, & POTATOES FROM AMERICAS EUROPEANS BROUGHT AMERICANS WHEAT, DOMETICATED ANIMALS, FIRE ARMS, WHEEL AND AXLE EUROPEANS BROUGHT AMERICANS WHEAT, DOMETICATED ANIMALS, FIRE ARMS, WHEEL AND AXLE
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NATIVE AMERICANS DEVASTATED DISEASE- SMALL POX, TYPHUS, MEASLES DISEASE- SMALL POX, TYPHUS, MEASLES
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EUROPEANS GAIN WEALTH PORTUGAL COMPLAINED TO THE POPE PORTUGAL COMPLAINED TO THE POPE 1494 POPE ALEXANDER URGED SPAIN & PORTUGAL TO SIGN THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494 POPE ALEXANDER URGED SPAIN & PORTUGAL TO SIGN THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS DIVIDED ALL THE LAND NOT ALREADY CLAIMED BY OTHER CHRISTIANS DIVIDED ALL THE LAND NOT ALREADY CLAIMED BY OTHER CHRISTIANS
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LINE OF DEMARCATION (IMAGINARY LINE AROUND THE WORLD) LINE OF DEMARCATION (IMAGINARY LINE AROUND THE WORLD) SPAIN RULED WEST INCLUDING THE AMERICAS SPAIN RULED WEST INCLUDING THE AMERICAS PORTUGAL RULED EAST INCLUDING BRAZIL, & SEA ROUTE AROUND AFRICA PORTUGAL RULED EAST INCLUDING BRAZIL, & SEA ROUTE AROUND AFRICA BY 1500’S FRANCE, ENGLAND, & THE NETHERLANDS BEGAN TO MOVE INTO NORTH AMERICA BY 1500’S FRANCE, ENGLAND, & THE NETHERLANDS BEGAN TO MOVE INTO NORTH AMERICA
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AFRICANS ENSLAVED PORTUGAL & SPAIN ESTABLISHED PLANTATIONS PORTUGAL & SPAIN ESTABLISHED PLANTATIONS PRODUCING CASH CROPS (CROPS NOT FOR OWN USE BUT FOR SALE) PRODUCING CASH CROPS (CROPS NOT FOR OWN USE BUT FOR SALE) SUGAR & PINEAPPLE REQUIRED HUGE NUMBER OF WORKERS WHO LABORED LONG HOURS IN HOT CLIMATES SUGAR & PINEAPPLE REQUIRED HUGE NUMBER OF WORKERS WHO LABORED LONG HOURS IN HOT CLIMATES
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SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED NATIVE AMERICANS & FORCED THEM TO WORK SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED NATIVE AMERICANS & FORCED THEM TO WORK NOT A RELIABLE WORKFORCE NOT A RELIABLE WORKFORCE TURNED TO WEST AFRICA TURNED TO WEST AFRICA 1500 WEST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 1500 WEST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 1517- FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE 1517- FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE SLAVES WERE REGARDED AS PROPERTY SLAVES WERE REGARDED AS PROPERTY
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