1. What motivated the Europeans to pursue policies of expansion and colonization?

2. The Right of Discovery  Renaissance  Gold  Route to the East  Glory for the monarch  Technological advances  Increased wealth of European monarchs  Development of limited liability company  Sense of adventure

3. The Right of Colonization  Protestant Reformation  Religious Glory  Mercantilism  Power struggles between European nations  Search for Utopia  Humanitarianism  Eliminating undesirables

4. The Emergence of Modern Europe  Renaissance- emergence of a new consciousness  Scientific Revolution-new innovations and methods of inquiry  Reformation- Holy dignity of one’s work (Protestant work-ethic)  Mercantilism-central planning of the economy=imperialism

5. Discuss How did all of those characteristics of modern Europe create a climate for exploration?

6. The New World: Idea and Reality Gold, Glory and God

7. The Right of Discovery  Circa 1500 America was free for the taking since there were no Europeans  Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal

9. Imperial Rivalry and Colonization  Right of discovery turned into right of colonization  Enlightenment of European institutions and government OR enforced dispossession or alienation of aboriginals  Struggle for empire

10. The Search for Wealth  Myth of “El Dorado”  Gold and silver from Aztecs and Incas  Slaves  Tobacco, potatoes and strawberries to Europe  Fur trade

11. “Civilizing” the New World  Ethnocentricity of the Europeans  Viewed aboriginals as ‘primitive’  Duty to apply ‘civilization’

12. Case Study: Jacques Cartier http://www.teachertube.com/viewVi deo.php?video_id=158266 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVi deo.php?video_id=158266