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European Age of Exploration

European Age of Exploration. When Worlds Collide 1450-1700. Motives for Exploration. Gold God Glory Water Route to Asia. Innovations in Maritime Navigation. Caravel Compass Maps. Treaty of Tordesillas. Signed in 1494 by Spain and Portugal An imaginary line of demarcation

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European Age of Exploration

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  1. European Age of Exploration When Worlds Collide 1450-1700

  2. Motives for Exploration • Gold • God • Glory • Water Route to Asia

  3. Innovations in Maritime Navigation • Caravel • Compass • Maps

  4. Treaty of Tordesillas • Signed in 1494 by Spain and Portugal • An imaginary line of demarcation • East would be controlled by Portugal • West would be controlled by Spain

  5. European ExplorersPortugal • Prince Henry the Navigator • Vasco da Gama • First to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India

  6. European ExplorersSpain • Christopher Columbus • Founded the New World • Hernan Cortez • Conquered the Aztecs • Francisco Pizarro • Conquered the Incas

  7. European ExplorersEngland • Francis Drake • First Englishman to sail around the world • Sailed for Queen Elizabeth I • Famous Pirate

  8. European ExplorersFrance • Jacques Cartier • Claimed Canada for France

  9. Diffusion of Christianity • Migration of colonists • Carried with them • Faith • Language • Culture

  10. Columbian Exchange • Global transfer of plants, animals, disease and food http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4

  11. Consequences of the Columbian Exchange • European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of American Indians • Western hemisphere products such as corn, potatoes, and tobacco changed European lifestyles. • Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.

  12. European diseases like smallpox killed many Native Americans.

  13. Triangular Trade • Linked Europe, Africa and the Americas • 1st leg • 2nd leg (Middle Passage) • 3rd leg

  14. Economic Theory • Mercantilism • Nation’s power is related to its wealth and needs a favorable balance of trade • Colonies were sources of • raw materials • natural resources • markets

  15. Mercantilism is the economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals in return.

  16. Commercial Revolution European maritime nations compete for overseas markets, colonies and resources • Joint-Stock Company • form of business organization in which the funds to carry on business were obtained by selling shares of stock to a number of individuals. Such companies, which were common in the 1600's and 1700's, were the forerunners of modern corporations

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