European Age of Discovery Impact

Expansion into Americas, Africa, and AsiaMigration, Settlement patterns, cultural diffusion and social classes in colonized areasColumbian ExchangeTriangular tradeImpact of precious metal exports from the Americas on Europe.

Impact of Africa and Asia• Africa

– Europeans trading posts along the coast

– Trade in slaves, gold, and other resources

• Asia – Colonization by small

groups of merchants in India, the Indies, and China

– Influence of trading companies (Portuguese, Dutch, and British).

Impacts of the Americas

• Expansion of overseas territorial claims and European emigration to North and South America

• Demise of Aztec and Inca Empires

• Legacy of a rigid class system and dictatorial rule in Latin America

• Forced migration of Africans who had been enslaved

• Colonies imitation of the culture and social patterns of their parent countries

Impacts on the Americas

• Demise of Aztec and Inca Empires due to conquest and diseases from the Old World.

• Cortez – Conquered the Aztec Civilization in what is today Mexico

• Pizarro – Conquered the Incan Civilization in what is today Peru and Chile in the Andes Mountains

Latin America: Legacy of a rigid class system and dictatorial rule in Latin America

Peninsulares-white, born in Spain

Creoles- white, born in colony

Mestizos- white + native Indian

Mulattos- white + African

African slaves

Native Indians

Review

• What European country was responsible for conquering the Aztecs and Incas?– Answer: Spain

• What European religion would probably have been spread the most in Latin America?– Answer: Roman Catholic

• The rigid class system in Latin America setup by the Spanish lead to today a legacy of what?– Answer: Dictatorial Rule

Columbian Exchange• Western Hemisphere agricultural products, such as corn, potatoes,

and tobacco, changed European lifestyles.• European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of American

Indians.• European diseases, such as smallpox, killed many American Indians

Impact of the Columbian Exchange• Shortage of labor to grow

cash crops led to the use of African slaves

• Slavery was based on race• European plantation

system in the Caribbean and the Americas destroyed indigenous economics and damaged the environment.

Triangular Trade• Trade routes that linked Europe, Africa, and Americas.• Slaves, sugar, rum and manufactured goods were trade

between the continents.

Impact of Precious Metals

• Gold and silver exported to Europe and Asia

• Impact on indigenous empires of the Americas

• Impact on Spain and International trade.

Review

• Which products went FROM THE NEW WORLD to the old world due to the Columbian Exchange?– Answer: Corn, tobacco, potatoes, and gold

• Which products went FROM THE OLD WORLD to the New World due to the Columbian exchange?– Answer: Horses, Cattle, Christianity and Diseases such as

Smallpox• Why couldn’t Europeans use Native Americans as a

source for labor on plantations?– Answer: Disease such as Smallpox