1. APUSH September 15, 2014 1.Discuss Friday 2.Unit 1 Notes: The Columbian Exchange 3.Video: The Columbian Exchange

2. European Exploration of the Americas and The Columbian Exchange Unit : 1491 - 1607

3. European Exploration of the Americas Why were the European monarchs and entrepreneurs interested in exploring the Americas? What drove European exploration and conquest? 3 G’s: Gold Glory God Natural Resources and the search for a sea route to the East: India and China. Both = future profits, trade, and economic growth. Christopher Columbus arrived in Bahamas in 1492 and shortly after discovered islands of Hispaniola and Cuba.

4. The Columbian Exchange Columbian Exchange: The exchange of plants, animals, culture, customs, ideologies, gold, humans, diseases, technology, etc. between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Impact of exchange? 1.In Europe and Asia: massive population growth due to new food 2.In Africa: Spanish and Portuguese used Africans from West Africa to be used as slaves in the Americas 3.In the Americas: spread of diseases (smallpox, typhus, cholera, measles), social classes (Mestizos), and Encomienda system. 3 Reasons: Trade/Invasions more common in Europe Dense cities in Europe Large populations of domesticated animals lived with/near Europeans. Within one decade, nearly 50% of Native population wiped out. Many lost their tribal identity and converted to Christianity. Europeans believed disease was a punishment to Natives who defied Christianity. Natives blames disease on witchcraft practiced by colonists.

5. Two biological ecosystems interchanged to create a new world ecology.