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God, Gold, & Glory
An Introduction to European Exploration & Expansion
Bell Ringer
What Renaissance values may have inspired the Age of Exploration? Why?
MotivesThe 3 G’s
Godreligious fervor convert natives
Goldexpand trade - esp. spices & precious
metalsprofit
Gloryadventurepowernational pride
Means
Mid-1400sEuropean monarchs had MORE:
PowerResourcesAdvanced technology
Portugal
Early leaderSailed eastward
--> India (spice trade)
Vasco da Gama
Cape of Good HopeSecured control of
spice tradeTook from Muslims
HUGE $$$
Prince Henry the Navigator
Instrumental Patronage led to
major technological advances (p. 197)
Spain
Sailed westward
Seeking route --> Asia SpainPortugal
Christopher Columbus
Earth not so big
Queen Isabella (Spain)
4 voyages - all end up in the Caribbean
Ferdinand Magellan
1519 - 1st to circumnavigate the globe (sort of)
Spain in the Americas
Conquistadors - the Spanish conquerors of the Americas
“Gifts” from SpainSlaveryDiseaseDeath
Encomienda System
Aztec & Inca civilizations destroyedSpanish controlSubjects of Queen
Encomienda - the right of landowners to use Native Americans as laborers
Protection - required but not followed
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the AmericasEurope --> Americas
Horses, cattle, & wheatAmericas --> Europe
Potatoes, cocoa, corn, tomatoes, & tobacco
Transformed economic activity
European Rivals
DutchFrenchBritish
Reading Homework
Read pages 208-211 (section 3 “Colonial Latin America”)
Write the definitions for the following words in your notebook:PeninsularesCreoleMestizosMulattoesMita
The Main Idea…
How did the presence of the Europeans in the “New World” impact the indigenous populations in a positive way? In a negative way?
The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the trade of African people supplied to the colonies of the “New World" that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Locate: Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa & the Americas
Africa
Europe
The America
s
Atlanti
c Ocean
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Began in the 1500s
What purpose did the trans-Atlantic slave trade serve?
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Purpose:To fill the need for labor in Spain’s
American empire Eventually provided labor for British
and French colonies in the Americas
Triangular Trade
What is triangular trade?
Triangular Trade
Hint: It is not the trading of triangles… Hey! Sweet
triangle dude! Want to trade it for
a chicken leg?
Triangular Trade
Triangular trade is trade between three ports or regions.
Most famous: West Africa, the Americas, and Europe
The Middle PassageThe Middle Passage was the sea lane
west from Africa that carried abducted or recently purchased African slaves.
The Middle Passage
1 - 6 month journey (weather dependent)
Estimated 11+ million Africans
A 1 - 6 month cruise sounds good, right?
Middle Passage
Problems:OvercrowdingDiseaseBrutal, inhuman treatment
Many died due to poor conditionsDysenteryScurvyStarvationSmallpox
Journal Exercise
Use the next 2 minutes to write a 2-3 sentence response to the following prompt:
Would it be better to live and be a slave, or commit suicide to avoid slavery? Explain
Primary Source Reading
Excerpt from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography
Activity: African Slave Quilt
Think about what you’ve read and heard today.
For homework (due next class), write a letter from a captured slave’s perspective.
See your rubric for criteria.Use your imagination - be creative
and have fun!!