Why was there a desire to search for and explore
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The Age of Exploration
The
Reasons for
European
Exploration
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Why was there a desire to search for
and explore new lands?
During the Middle Ages, the
Crusaders who fought the
Muslims in the Middle East
learned of spices, and brought
them back to Europe.
The Europeans wanted cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg, and most of all
pepper to spice and preserve
meat, make perfume(s).
The chief source of spices was
the Moluccas (in modern day
Indonesia) which they called the
Spice Islands.
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The Muslim Situation
Europeans wanted spices.
Following the fall of Constantinople (it
became Istanbul), Europe no longer had
their “gateway to the East.”
Trading over land was expensive and
dangerous.
Muslims and Italian sailors controlled the
trade by sea.
Other European sailing powers (Spain and
Portugal) wanted in on the riches of the
spice trade, but had to find a way to get
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The biggest reasons for the Age
of Exploration: The 3 Gs
1. GOLD
2. GLORY
3. GOD
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Mercantilism
An economic system
developed in Europe,
intended to unify and
increase the power and
monetary wealth of a
nation by strict
governmental regulation of
the entire economy.
Designed to secure bullion,
a favorable balance of
trade, the development of
agriculture and
manufacturing, and foreign
trading monopolies.
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Mercantilism: The Intended and
the Unintended Consequences
Societies must make economic choices. The
choices they make have both intended
consequences (what they want to accomplish)
and unintended consequences (what actually
happens that was unexpected).
What do you think some of the intended
consequences of mercantilism were?
What do you think some of the unintended
consequences of mercantilism were?
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Intended Consequences of
Mercantilism
Was for the mother country:
To gain money in the form of gold
Gain strength and power from the money supply
Export as much as possible
Import as little as possible
Use colonies for raw materials and markets for
goods
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Unintended Consequences of
Mercantilism “+” or “-“ ?
Tension and wars
between European
countries for colonies
(Treaty of Tordesillas)
Pirates sail the
Caribbean after Spanish
treasure ships
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Unintended Consequences of
Mercantilism “+” or “-“ ?
Natives forced into slave
labor to mine gold and silver
and to work plantations
Natives given least
productive lands for their
own
Mistreatment, death,
diseases between natives
and Europeans (malaria,
smallpox, measles, influenza
Africans brought in for labor,
started Atlantic slave trade
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Unintended Consequences of
Mercantilism “+” or “-“ ?
Columbian Exchange of people, goods and
ideas between Europe and the Americas
Government, law, religion, African cultures
America’s Foods: corn, potatoes, squash,
chocolate, peanuts, tomatoes
European Foods: sweet potatoes, pineapples,
papaya, chili peppers
European crops: wheat, barley, chickpeas
European livestock: horses, cows, sheep,
chickens, pigs
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Columbian Exchange
Italian Food Without
Tomatoes?
Until contact with the
Americas, Europeans had
never tried tomatoes.
Most Europeans thought
tomatoes were poisonous.
By late 1600s, tomatoes had
begun to be included in
Italian cookbooks.
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