Transcript Exploration - Haiku Learning

Exploration
Getting to India
• Europeans wanted goods from
India and East Asia
• Prince Henry the Navigator
(Portugal) starts school for
sailing
• Astrolabe and caravel help
sailing
• Dias sails to tip of Africa, has
to turn back (storms)
• Vasco de Gama makes it
around and to India
Columbus
• Supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of
Spain, but from Italy
• 1492, Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
• Lands in the Bahamas, thinks it is India, calls the
natives “Indians”
Columbus cont.
• Made a total of 4 trips, later ones many problems
• Treated NA’s very badly, looking for riches for
himself
• Abuse, rape, murder, tested weapons on Natives
• Died in a prison in Europe still believing he reached
Asia
Around the World
• Balboa hikes across
Panama and
“discovers” the Pacific
• Magellan and crew first
to circumnavigate the
globe, he dies on trip,
horrible conditions
The Columbian Exchange
• Goods moving to and from Old World (Europe) to
New World (N/S America)
• Positives (goods, animals) and negatives (diseases)
• Write examples each way from chart below
Spanish in America
• Conquistadors– Spanish explorers looking
for gold, glory in the name of God
• Hernando Cortes– defeated the Aztecs
with only 500 men
• Francisco Pizzaro– defeated Incas
• Why it was easy:
– NA’s thought they were gods and
scared of horses
– Disease brought wiped out many
– Neighboring smaller tribes helped the
Spanish
– Guns versus spears, bows
• Hernando de Soto– explores SE US, including NC
• Ponce de Leon– searches Florida and SE for the
Fountain of Youth founded St. Augustine– 1st
permanent Spanish town
• Coronado– searched SW US for the 7 Cities of
Gold- story told by NA’s
Controlling New Spain
• 3 types of settlements:
– Pueblos- towns for trade
– Presidios- military forts
– Missions- religious settlements, spread
Christianity
Conflict Between Spain & England
• Protestant Reformation– revolt against Catholic
Church led by Martin Luther
• Europe divided: Spain/Catholic (King Phillip) vs.
England/Protestant (Queen Elizabeth)
• English pirates (Sea Dogs) led by Sir Frances Drake
attack Spanish ships—starts a war
• Spanish Armada sails to battle England, huge storm
destroys half fleet, English win and control the seas
and colonization