Transcript Europeans Reach the Americas

Europeans Reach the
Americas
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Columbus
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 Sailed West looking for route to Asia 1492
 Landed in the Bahamas
 Gave natives the name Indians (thought he was in
Asia)
Impact of Columbus
Voyage
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 Conflict- between Spain and Portugal (both wanted
to add lands to their growing empire)
 Pope Alexander VI (a Spaniard) issued the Line of
Demarcation.
 Imaginary line- dividing the Atlantic Ocean- west of
the line for Spain/ east for Portugal
 Portugal complained- Treaty of Tordesillas- was
signed this moved the line 800 miles kept a war from
happening.
Columbian Exchange
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Vasco da Gama
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 Landed in India in
1498.
 Important trade route
from Europe to India
and East Indies.
Vasco da Gama
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Age of Exploration
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Explorers
 Magellan- around the
world
 Amerigo Vespucci- new
world named after.
 De Balboa- crossed
South America and saw
the Pacific Ocean
Columbian Exchange
 Introduced new diseases
to Natives
 Natives began to use
horses and farm products
like barley
 A trade exchange
developed, Known as the
TRIANGULAR TRADE
Triangular Trade
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 System of trade between Europe, Africa, and the
Americas.
 Stage 1: Raw materials to Europe (tobacco, rum,
sugar)
 Stage 2: Manufactured goods to Africa (guns, cloth,
rum)
 Stage 3: Slaves to the Americas to make raw
materials.
Triangular Trade
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