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Chapter 14

Chapter 14. Europe and the New World: New Encounters, 1500 – 1800. Timeline. On the Brink of a New World. Motives Fantastic lands The Travels of John Mandeville (14th century) Economic motives Access to the East The Polos Religious Zeal. Means. Centralization of political authority

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Chapter 14

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  1. Chapter 14 Europe and the New World: New Encounters, 1500 – 1800

  2. Timeline

  3. On the Brink of a New World • Motives • Fantastic lands • The Travels of John Mandeville (14th century) • Economic motives • Access to the East • The Polos • Religious Zeal

  4. Means • Centralization of political authority • Maps • Ptolemy’s Geography (printed editions available from 1477 on) • Ships and Sailing • Naval technology • Knowledge of wind patterns

  5. Ptolemy’s World Map

  6. The Development of a Portuguese Maritime Empire • Prince Henry the Navigator (1394 – 1460) • The Portuguese in India • Bartholomeu Dias (c. 1450 – 1500) • Vasco da Gama (c. 1460 – 1524) • Reaches India by rounding Cape of Good Hope • Alfonso d’Albuquerque (1462 – 1515) • Commercial – Military bases • In Search of Spices • Portuguese expansion • Reasons for Portuguese success • Guns • Seamanship

  7. Map 14.1: Discoveries and Possessions in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

  8. Voyages to the New World • Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) • Reached the Bahamas (Oct. 12, 1492) • Additional voyages (1493, 1498, and 1502) • Additional Discoveries • John Cabot • Pedro Cabral • Amerigo Vespucci • Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 1521) • Circumnavigates the Earth • Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

  9. The Spanish Empire in the New World • Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica • The Maya • The Aztecs • The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire • Hernan Cortés (1485 – 1547) • Moctezuma (Montezuma) • Aztec Empire overthrown

  10. Slaughter of the Natives

  11. The Spanish Empire, Continued • The Inca and the Spanish • Pachakuti • Inca buildings and roads • Francisco Pizarro (c. 1475 – 1541) • Smallpox • Incas overthrown (1535) • Administration of the Spanish Empire • Encomienda • Viceroys • The Church

  12. Africa: The Slave Trade • Origins of the Slave Trade • Sugar cane and slavery • Growth of the Slave Trade • Up to 10,000,000 African slaves taken to the Americas between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries • The Middle Passage: high death rate during transit • Prisoners of war • Effects of the Slave Trade • Depopulation of African kingdoms • Political effects of slave trade • Criticism of slavery • Abolition and the Quakers

  13. The Sale of Slaves

  14. A Sugar Mill in the West Indies

  15. Map 14.2: Triangular Trade Route in the Atlantic Economy

  16. The West in Southeast Asia • Portugal • Spain • The Dutch and the English • Local Kingdoms (Burma, Siam, and Vietnam)

  17. The French and the British in India • The Mughal Empire • The Impact of the Western Powers • Portugal • England • The Dutch and the French • Sir Robert Clive • The East India Company • Battle of Plassey (1757)

  18. China & Japan • China • Ming Dynasty (1369 – 1644) • Qing Dynasty • Western inroads • Russia • England • Limited contact • Japan • Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 – 1616) • Opening to the West • The Portuguese • Initially visitors welcomed • Catholic missionaries • The Dutch

  19. The Americas • Spain and Portugal • The West Indies • The British and the French • The “Sugar Factories” • North America • The Dutch • New Netherlands • The English • Jamestown (1607) • Thirteen Colonies • The French • Canada

  20. Toward a World Economy • Economic Conditions in the Sixteenth Century • Inflation • The Growth of Commercial Capitalism • Joint stock trading companies • New economic institutions • The Bank of Amsterdam • Amsterdam Bourse (Exchange) • Agriculture

  21. Mercantilism • Total volume of trade unchangeable • Economic activity = war through peaceful means • Importance of bullion and favorable balance of trade • State Intervention

  22. Overseas Trade and Colonies: Movement Toward Globalization • Transoceanic trade very valuable • Intra-European Trade • Trade patterns interlocked Europe, Africa, the East, and the Americas

  23. The Impact of European Expansion: The Conquered • Devastating effects to local populations in America and Africa • Less impact in Asia • Multiracial society in Latin America • Ecology • Catholic Missionaries • Conversion of native populations • Hospitals, orphanages and schools • The Jesuits in Asia • Conversions in China • Japan

  24. The Impact of European Expansion: The Conquerors • Opportunities for women • Economic Effects • Gold and silver • Exchange of plants and animals • Impact on European Lifestyle • Chocolate, coffee and tea • European Rivalries • New Views of the World • Gerardus Mercator (1512 – 1594) and his map • Psychological Impact

  25. A Seventeenth-Century World Map

  26. Map 14.3: The Columbian Exchange

  27. Discussion Questions • Why were the Portuguese so well positioned for overseas exploration? • How were the Spanish able to defeat the Aztecs and the Incas? • What social and economic forces drove the Slave Trade? • How were the British able to achieve such a dominant position in Asia? • What impact did European colonization have on the colonized? • What economic changes occurred in Europe as a result of Mercantilism and Capitalism? • How did European expansion affect Europe?

  28. Web Links • The Slave Trade • European Voyages of Exploration • The Mariner’s Museum – The Age of Exploration • Digital South Asia Library • Around the Indus in 90 Slides • Internet East Asian History Sourcebook • The East India Company • Virtual Jamestown

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