5 W’s of European Exploration

5 W’s of European Exploration WHEN did exploration occur?

-1001- Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World.

-1400’s- Portuguese sailors discover new routes around Africa toward Asia.

-1492- Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) reached the West Indies.

-1511- Spanish Conquer Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Explore eastern costs of North and South America.

-1607- The first successful English colony at Jamestown.

Unit Three Exploration Why and where did Exploration Explore?

Leif Erikson 1001 Settled in

Vinland: Northwest tip of Newfoundland.

Accidently blown off course whileattempting to convert the people of Greenland to Christianity.

Portuguese Navigators Henry the Navigator

Cape of Good Hope, 1488.

Vasco De Gama Trade Route to India

1498. Helped boost

Portuguese economy Paper and cinnamon

5 W’s of European Exploration

Who was involved in Exploration?

Spain France Portugal England Dutch

5W’s of European Exploration Where did the

Europeans explore? North America -The Florida Region -Northern Atlantic Coast -The Carolinas - Great Lakes Central America -Central Mexico South America -Brazil -Peru

5 W’s of European Exploration Why did they

explore the New World?

Mercantilism -The search for wealth

(exports>imports) Economic and military

competition among countries.

Search for the Northwest Passage (water route to the Pacific)

Spread Christianity Sense of adventure

(Glory)

Mercantilism Gold and silver: sign

of a nations wealth. Colonies serve as a

provider of raw material, and market for exports.

Colony, territory under immediate control of the state.

Spread of Christianity Christianity used to

Justify colonization. Conquers believed

it was their right to bring Christianity to the “New World”

Often forced upon the Natives

5 W’s of European Exploration

What was the result of European Exploration?

Death of millions of Native Americans. The Columbian Exchange -The movement of people, goods, and diseases between Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The Slave Trade. Europeans colonies in the Americas.

* Squash * Avocado * Peppers * Sweet Potatoes* Turkey * Pumpkin * Tobacco * Quinine* Cocoa * Pineapple * Cassava * POTATO* Peanut * Tomato * Vanilla * MAIZE * Syphilis

* Olive * Coffee Beans * Banana * Rice* Onion * Turnip * Honeybee * Barley* Grape * Peach * Sugar Cane * Oats* Citrus Fruits * Pear * Wheat * HORSE* Cattle * Sheep * Pig * Smallpox* Flu * Typhus * Measles * Malaria* Diptheria * Whooping Cough

3 continents, Americas, Europe and Africa

Christopher Columbus Born: Genoa Italy Sent by Queen Isabella and King

Ferdinand of Spain

Reasons for Exploring Alternate route to

Asia. (Spice) Would become

Governor of any Land discovered.

Wealth: allowed 10% profit made from colonies.

The Voyage of Christopher Columbus 4 Voyages:First Voyage: Cuba,

San Salvador and Hispaniola.

Second Voyage: Caribbean Islands.

Third Voyage: South American Main Land.

Forth Voyage: Panama, Costa Rica

Trial of Christopher Columbus Settlers and

Natives complained of Columbus’s “tyrannical” rule.

Witness say he regularly used violence to govern Hispaniola.

http://rt.com/usa/news/columbus-usa-celebration-protest/

Trial of Columbus “I should be judged as a captain who

went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion are very different from ours, who live in sierras and mountains, without fixed settlements, and where by divine will I have placed under the sovereignty of the King and Queen our lords” Christopher Columbus-1500