Transcript 2014-15_Exploration_Spanish_Missions_DeSoto_Primary_Doc_Proj

Exploration
• AKS32b - evaluate the impact of European
contact on Native American cultures including
Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and
the exploration of Hernando De Soto
• AKS32c - support reasons for European
exploration of North America and settlement
with emphasis on the interests of the French,
Spanish and British in the southeast area of
North America
The World in 1500
What Countries were involved
in/competed for exploration?
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France
England
Spain
Portugal
Italy
The Dutch
What motivated them?
With your elbow partner,
brainstorm reasons why
Europeans would want to
explore.
Economic Reasons (GOLD)
• Explorers sought (looked for):
– Gold
– Natural Resources
• Fish
• Animal Pelts
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Beaver
Bear
Deer
Etc.
• Forests
• Raw Goods that could be
finished in the home
country and then sold
abroad for huge profits=
Mercantilism
God
• Explorers wanted to
spread their religion to
the Native Americans
• Many Native Americans
converted because they
were threatened with
death if they did not
convert
Glory
• Many explorers hoped
to attain personal
wealth and fame for
their exploration!
• Think of Christopher
Columbus… he is still
world famous!
The Columbian Exchange
• People, animals and
plants, and diseases
were being moved
across the Atlantic
Ocean
• This exchange became
known as the
Columbian Exchange or
the Triangle of Trade
A Closer Look at the Columbian
Exchange
The Columbian Exchange
& Disease
• Diseases like Smallpox
were devastating to
Native Americans, who
had never been
exposed to them and
were not immune
• Historians estimate that
between 1519-1619,
Native American
populations decreased
by 90-95%
• Below is a quote from a
Spanish Missionary in Mexico
talking about smallpox & its
effect on Native Americans
“There was a great havoc. Very
many died of it. They could not
walk. . . . They could not move;
they could not stir; they could
not change position, nor lie on
one side; nor face down, nor
on their backs. And if they
stirred, much did they cry out.
Great was its destruction.”
• Bernardino de Sahagún, quoted
in Seeds of Change
Effects of the Spanish on Native
Americans
• Spanish brought:
– Catholicism to Native
Americans
– New Governments
– Diseases like Smallpox
that killed huge numbers
of Native Americans
– Enslavement of many
Native Americans
Christopher Columbus
• 1492
• Spain
• Discovered North America.
Explored San Salvador in
the Caribbean.
• He wanted to find a faster
way to the East Indies
(India and China)
• Discovered the New World
and opened up for
Exploration.
Lucas Vasquez De Ayllon
• 1526
• Spain
• Explored South Carolina
and Georgia Coast.
• To establish a settlement
on the North American
coast.
• First European to set foot
in Georgia. Unsuccessfully
attempted a settlement.
Pedro Menendez
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1565
Spain
Florida
To establish a
settlement in North
America
• Founded St. Augustine,
Spain’s first successful
settlement in North
America
Jean Ribault
• 1562
• France
• Explored coast of north Florida
and Georgia
• Trade with the natives and to
establish a settlement in North
America.
• Established Charles fort in the
Carolinas, which is north of
Savannah
Jamestown Settlers
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1607
England
Virginia
New life in New World
and new business
opportunities.
• Establish the first
permanent English
colony in North America
Massachusetts Colony
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1620
England
Massachusetts
Looking for Religious
freedom
• Established first
permanent colony in
New England.
Stop Here!
Spanish Missions in GA
• A mission is a religious
outpost set up to
spread Catholicism to
the indigenous people.
• The Spanish used
religion to assimilate
the Native Americans
into the Spanish
Colonial System.
• Time span of Missions
in GA: 1568-1684
Spanish Missions
Spanish Missions
• 1565 the Spanish
established St. Augustine
in FL
• This was the FIRST
permanent settlement in
the New World
• Soon, posts were
established on Georgia’s
barrier islands
– Ex)
• Cumberland
• St. Simons
• Sapelo
Hernando de Soto’s Journey Through
GA
• 1540
• Spain
• Explored GA and Southeastern
US.
• He was in search of Gold
• The results of De Soto’s
expedition was a failure to
find gold and brought death
and destruction to the natives.
De Soto Falls, GA
Video Notes: Hernando de Soto
• What are 2-4 PROS
from de Soto’s
exploration?
• PROS!
• What are 2-4 CONS
from the de Soto’s
exploration?
• CONS!
http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/hernando_de_soto
Hernando de Soto Primary
Document
Created by Blair Weikel
We will read all about Hernando de
Soto’s travels through GA
• We will use the following
website:
– http://www.floridahistory.com/
inset44.html
– AND
http://www.floridahistory.com/
inset7.html
• I will give you reading from
this website and you will
answer questions about what
Hernando de Soto and his
Soldiers saw when they were
in GA.
• Then, we will create a cool
project using the internet!
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Circle the items that were introduced to
the New World by the Europeans in
BLUE
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Circle the items that were introduced to
Europe from the New World in Green
• Who do you think benefited more
from the Columbian exchange?
Justify your answer with three points.
Essential Thinking Warm-up
#2:
Exploration
Why Explore the Southeast?
Trade Routes
• The Spanish focused on
Florida, South America,
Central America, Mexico
and the Caribbean
• The French focused on
the mouth of the
Mississippi River & Parts
of Canada (New Orleans
& Mobile)
• The English focused on
the East Coast of the USA
& Canada
•On the map, circle the areas
where the French, Spanish & English
settled in North America.
•Put and X on GA
Let’s Summarize
Created by Blair Weikel
Well it is sort of like…
Create a four square in your IN
Write down
your
favorite
animal!
Write down
your
favorite
breakfast
food!
Write down
your
favorite
songs title
or singer!
Write down
your dream
job!
Well it is sort of like…
How is Exploration like your
favorite breakfast food?
How is Hernando de
Soto like your favorite
animal?
Ex) Exploration is
like (my favorite
breakfast food)
because…
How is Lucas
Vasquez de
Ayllon like
your favorite
song?
Ex) Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon is like
(my favorite song) because…
Ex) Hernando de
Soto is like (my
favorite animal)
because…
How are the effects of
exploration like your
dream job?
Ex) The effects of
exploration are like
(my dream job)
because…
Well it is sort of like…
Ex) Exploration is
like eggs benedict
because while it
may seem pretty
and perfect when it
is served, it makes
a mess and leaves
a mess when
everything is said
and done.
Ex) Lucas Vasquez de
Ayllon is like Celine
Deion because while
what he tried to do is
very valiant it still was
a flop.
Ex) Hernando de Soto is
like my horse because
neither seems to know
how much damage they
can do to the people
around her.
Ex) The effects of
exploration are like
being a teacher
because due to
exploration knowledge
was gained by people
around the world.