1. 7-1 Take Home Notes Social Studies-ARCHER

2. 7-1.1 EuropeanExplorers (pg59-61) Explorer What they are known for Bartholomeu Dias Vasco da Gama Christopher Columbus Pedro Alvares Cabral Ferdinand Magellan Choose one explorer and draw a picture to represent their accomplishments at the bottom of the page 3

3. European Powers The major European Powers expanded around the world Spain Portugal England France Netherlands (Dutch)

4. Why did they want to explore? *Trading with Asia wasn’t very convenient God (spreading Christianity) Gold (making money through trade) Glory (claiming new lands for their country)

5. 7-1.1 European Territories Each European Power (Mother Country) claimed land and made colonies in different areas of the Americas They conquered Native Americans (guns, horses and disease) British->East Coast of USA and Northwestern Canada Dutch->Small areas in eastern South America French->Canada and along Mississippi River Spanish-> Central America and Western South America Portuguese-> Eastern South America

6. Demarcation and Vocab Read pg 61 Line of Demarcation Who What Where When Why

7. Table of Contents DateTopicpg # 8-317-1.2 Tools for Exploration

8. 7-1.2 Tools for Exploration Caravel: large ships with sails and rudders for steering Astrolabe: used stars to tell what latitude and longitude were Compass: told what direction they were traveling Gunpowder: rifles and cannons helped to conquer natives Mapmaking: drawing new lands

9. 7-1.3&4 Mercantilism and Capitalism Define each term using Green Book pg 80-83 1.Mercantilism 2.Export 3.Import 4.Tariff 5.Entrepreneur 6.Joint-Stock Companies 7.Capitalism 8.Capital 9.Free Enterprise 10.Cottage industry

10. Mercantilism Wealth = Power Export more than you import Build colonies to get materials from and sell products to Tariffs on foreign goods Don’t let colonies trade with other countries Capitalism Merchants own business instead of government Build up capital to improve business Find markets to sell manufactured goods to Only works if government stays out of things Resulted in Market Economy and Middle Class Which are we using today in the United States?

11. 7-1.5 Types of Colonies Colony- land that a country rules beyond its own borders Indentured Servant- someone who works as a slave in a colony for a few years in order to get a trip to the new world

12. Trading Post Colony: make profit through trade. France did fur trade with natives in North America. Dutch in South America Plantation Colony- Large farms to grow cash crops. French and Dutch grew sugar cane in the Caribbean. English grew tobacco, rice, indigo on coast of North America. Spain used natives as slaves. British used indentured servants and slaves from Africa. Settler Colony: Sent a large number of people to live there as a permanent home. They spread Christianity and created governments. English at Jamestown. 3 Types of Colonies Built in the Americas

13. 7-1.5 Colonies in the Americas Spain and Portugal: trade of gold and silver, plantation colonies. Slavery of native Americans and Africans (Encomienda system) Government: viceroys, royal representative ran colony Religion: spread Catholicism Conquistadors: explorers that conquered land like, Pizarro and Cortez, were rewarded

14. England: plantation colonies (tobacco, rice, indigo and sugar) Used indentured servants and then African slaves. Government: Representative assemblies: colonists could elect representatives to make decisions (charters-contracts gave colonists rights) Religion: spread Protestantism

15. France and Netherlands: trading posts with natives. French and Indian War-> Britain gained a lot of Frances land Government: not very strict and colonists got to make most political decisions Coureurs de bois- French that traveled and lived with Native Americans

16. 7-1.5 European Influence in Africa Very few European countries made colonies in Africa Europeans went to buy slaves for American plantations Europeans traded weapons, iron, cloth and horses for slaves Negative Effects on Africa African tribes increased war Population decreased in Africa and there weren’t enough workers Families separated Some resistance began but it wasn’t very successful

17. Triangular Trade: Exchange of goods between Europe, Africa and Americas Europe sent manufactured goods (cloth, weapons, etc) to Africa Slaves were sent from Africa to Americas Raw materials (sugar, tobacco, cotton etc) were sent from Americas to Europe Middle Passage: path that Africans traveled to the Americas, terrible conditions

18. 7-1.5 European Influence in Asia Asia was different than the new world: strong military, stable governments Europeans and Asians focused on trade No major European colonies Missionaries spread Christianity and Asians didn’t like it Asian countries started isolationism ending trade with Europeans to protect their culture