1. NEW EMPIRES IN THE AMERICAS

2. #1 LEARNING TARGET I can summarize early Viking and Portuguese Explorations.

3. #2 LEARNING TARGET I can evaluate Christopher Columbus’s contributions to the discovery of the New World.

4. #3 LEARNING TARGET I can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

5. #4 LEARNING TARGET I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

6. #5 LEARNING TARGET I can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

7. BELL RINGER How did the Columbian Exchange promote more interest in the Americas?

8. #3 LEARNING TARGET I can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

9. CONQUISTADORS: HERNAN CORTES Cuba to Tenochtitlan Gold & silver of Aztecs Gave gifts and headdress on Cortes God from East? Invited to a feast 1000’s of warriors vs 600 men, 16 horses, 14 cannon, armor and guns Made alliances with other tribes ¾ of natives die of smallpox Moctezuma

10. SMALL POX Between the US and Mexico 90% of Native Americans died of diseases

11. CONQUISTADORS: FRANCISCO PIZARRO Inca Empire Armor Horses Alliances with natives Disease Forced natives to work on Spanish plantations

12. PONCE DE LEON (1508-1512) Conquered Puerto Rico Discovered gold Roamed Florida for Fountain of Youth

13. SPANISH EXPLORATIONS IN USA

14. BELL RINGER How did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?

15. #4 LEARNING TARGET I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

16. ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS Northwest Passage – sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific John Cabot (1497-1498) English claim to North America Henry Hudson (1609-1610) Sailed for Dutch (Netherland) and English Found Hudson Bay

17. ENGLISH COLONY Roanoke, 1587 (NC,VA) 150 colonists Virginia Dare Back to England for supplies Colony Lost – only Croatoan remained

18. BELL RINGER Describe Henry Hudson and John Cabot’s explorations to North America.

19. #4 LEARNING TARGET I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

20. FRENCH EXPLORATIONS Jacques Cartier (1534- 1535) Looking for Northwest Passage St. Lawrence River French claim to North America

21. FRENCH COLONY Samuel Chaplain (1608) Colonized Quebec Rene-Robert de La Salle (1682) Found Mississippi River and est. small towns (Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans) Fur traders and good to natives

22. BELL RINGER What areas of the US did France, England, and Spain claim?

23. #5 LEARNING TARGET I can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

24. NATIVES AS SLAVES Needed slaves for tobacco and sugarcane Dying from disease (90%) Able to flee

25. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE Middle Passage – trip from Africa to Americas Largest forced migration 10 million slaves from 1520-1860 Sent across the New World Brazil Caribbean North America

26. US SLAVE TRADE From different parts of Africa Family and religious life very important

27. LA AMISTAD Mutiny on board a slave ship Notice the cramped quarters/shackles How did the Africans want the ship to sail?

28. BELL RINGER Why were millions of Africans forced into slavery in the Americas?

29. EXPLORERS Draw a map of the explorers route. Discuss the purpose of the voyage. What country did they sail for? What was the outcome of the voyage? (15 minutes) 1.Vikings - Flipbook 2.John Cabot – pg 56 3.Christopher Columbus - Flipbook 4.La Salle – pg 56 5.Bartolomeu Dias - Flipbook 6.Jacques Cartier – pg 56 7.Ferdinand Magellan - Flipbook 8.Vasco da Gamma - Flipbook 9.Henry Hudson – pg 56 10.Amerigo Vespucci - Flipbook

30. BELL RINGER Write 2 review questions (with answers) you think will be on your test.