1. Three Worlds Meet Ch2 Sec 2

2. Where was Columbus going?

3. ► Knowing the world was round he set out to reach India, China and Japan ► He was wrong and had landed in Hispaniola and Cuba ► In his writings and description he glorified the find, praising the friendly people and vast riches ► He gets new ships and returns

4. Columbus ► Convinced at his death he had found a western passage ► Columbus had brought cinnamon, coconuts, small amounts of gold and brought oranges and sugar cane from Europe in return ► Within years others figured out he had found a new world

5. Battle for Control ► Better trade routes are the desire of Europeans ► Who remembers from World History, which countries lead the way in exploration?

6. Portugal, Spain, England ► Portugal went south around Africa also had tip of Brazil (caravel ship, quadrant) ► Spain and England went west ► Conquistadors dominate new world within decades Aztecs and Incas both fall ► Spain gets rich and natives are dying

7. Uneven Exchanges ► Desire to gain riches and spread religion ► Natives enslaved and force to labor for Spaniards in factories, mines, farms and ranches ► Natives moved farther away from Spanish but huge amounts were dying from diseases ► Pop. 50 mill drops 90% from small pox ► Horses and fear of European gods

8. Exchange of Goods ► To Europe – fruits, vegetables, corn, beans, potatoes** ► To Americas – horses, cows, chickens, pigs, oranges, sugarcane ► Potatoes increases pop. ► Sugarcane labor intensive but need labor ► Coffee, tobacco, sugarcane, mines (labor)

9. Africans Come to Americas ► Slavery began in West Indies and South America and eventually into North Am. ► New type of slavery – Permanent ► Slaves treated as sub-human ► Denied rights to education, marriage, and parenthood ► Slave status stays with offspring

10. Myths ► Europeans believed that Africans were inferior and belief was needed to rationalize the business ► One out of six died on the trip over from Africa