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At the beginning of your notes, list 2 or 3 European explorers you have already heard of

Do you remember where they explored?

Do you know where they were from?

At the beginning of your notes, list 2 or 3 European explorers you have already heard of

Do you remember where they explored?

Do you know where they were from?

European Exploration

European Exploration

Effects of Columbus’s Voyage

Effects of Columbus’s Voyage

• Placed European powers in direct competition for trade and resources

• Spain and Portugal- Treaty of Tordesillas- established line of demarcation

• Placed European powers in direct competition for trade and resources

• Spain and Portugal- Treaty of Tordesillas- established line of demarcation

Our namesakeOur namesake

• 1499- Italian Amerigo Vespucci set out on Portuguese voyage- sailed along Northern coast of South America

• On second trip in 1502, concluded that this was a new continent, not India- published account

• Obscure German map maker named continent America

• 1499- Italian Amerigo Vespucci set out on Portuguese voyage- sailed along Northern coast of South America

• On second trip in 1502, concluded that this was a new continent, not India- published account

• Obscure German map maker named continent America

Spain and Portugal Spain and Portugal • Vasco Balboa- 1513- Panama-

became first European to see east coast of the Pacific Ocean

• Ferdinand Magellan- 1519- first circumnavigation of the world– Sailed around southern tip of S.

America- attempted mutiny- Magellan killed in the Philippines 18 survivors returned to Spain

• Vasco Balboa- 1513- Panama- became first European to see east coast of the Pacific Ocean

• Ferdinand Magellan- 1519- first circumnavigation of the world– Sailed around southern tip of S.

America- attempted mutiny- Magellan killed in the Philippines 18 survivors returned to Spain

ConquistadorsConquistadors• Hernan Cortes- 1519- 600

soldiers to Mexico– Firearms and horses– Emperor Moctezuma welcomed

them as gods to Aztec capital– Took Moctezuma captive, raided

city– Driven out, returned with allies-

destroyed city– Spanish Left horses behind

• Hernan Cortes- 1519- 600 soldiers to Mexico– Firearms and horses– Emperor Moctezuma welcomed

them as gods to Aztec capital– Took Moctezuma captive, raided

city– Driven out, returned with allies-

destroyed city– Spanish Left horses behind

ConquistadorsConquistadors• Francisco Pizarro-

1531- sailed to Peru with 180 soldiers– Seized Incan capital

and ruler- Atahulapa- executed

– Captured Cuzco, established Lima

– Pizarro murdered by competitor’s son in 1541

• Francisco Pizarro- 1531- sailed to Peru with 180 soldiers– Seized Incan capital

and ruler- Atahulapa- executed

– Captured Cuzco, established Lima

– Pizarro murdered by competitor’s son in 1541

English ExplorersEnglish Explorers• John Cabot- 1497-

Atlantic shores of Canada

• Francis Drake- 1577 sent off to pillage Spanish colonies- became first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

• John Cabot- 1497- Atlantic shores of Canada

• Francis Drake- 1577 sent off to pillage Spanish colonies- became first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

French ExplorersFrench Explorers• Search for the

Northwest Passage– Jacques Cartier- 1534-

Explored St. Lawrence River to Montreal

– Samuel De Champlain- 1608- founded Quebec- first French settlement

• Focused on trade rather than agriculture and settlement

• Search for the Northwest Passage– Jacques Cartier- 1534-

Explored St. Lawrence River to Montreal

– Samuel De Champlain- 1608- founded Quebec- first French settlement

• Focused on trade rather than agriculture and settlement

Dutch PresenceDutch Presence• Henry Hudson- 1609-

Englishman funded by the Dutch- sailed up river from New York Harbor- Hudson River

• Set up trading posts on Manhattan- named New Amsterdam

• Fell to the English in 1664

• Henry Hudson- 1609- Englishman funded by the Dutch- sailed up river from New York Harbor- Hudson River

• Set up trading posts on Manhattan- named New Amsterdam

• Fell to the English in 1664

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• Using your notes, complete the European Explorers matching activity for homework

• Using your notes, complete the European Explorers matching activity for homework