Columbus, explorers and exploration
Key Concepts:Columbus did not receive any recognition in life./ Columbus sowed the seeds for slavery because of sugar and tobacco/ Europe was seeking a better route to Asia/ Christianity was spread to the new world/England rises to power/Spanish Armada defeated by English "Sea Dogs"/Portugal was seeking a better trade route to Asia/Spain had gunpowder in the New World/.Horses reintroduced
Important People: Columbus/Desoto/Pizarro/Champlain/Cortes/DaGama/Magellan/Prince Henry/Drake/Raleigh/Balboa/Bering/Vespucci
Chronology of Explorers1415=Prince Henry's School 1432-1460= Various students sail further down the African coast 1487= Batholomew Dias sails around Africa 1492= Columbus makes his first voyage 1498=Vasco da Gama sails to India 1502=Columbus's 4th voyage a disgrace
1519=Magellan leaves Spain 1521=death of Magellan 1522=Magellan's crew returns to Spain with 18 survivors from a crew of 255.
Important Ideas:Elizabeth uses Pirates to defeat the Spanish/Triangle trade established/Entrepreneurs establish mercantilism/World could be circumnavigated/Portugal is too weak to have an empire/Cortes forms alliances/New England a haven for religious freedom/Putting Out System/New World Catholicism
Important Events: Treaty of Tordesillas/Jamestown established/Dutch rival for Asian trade/ Balboa traverses Panama/2 million Africans died enroute to the New World/Treaty of Paris 1763/
***EXTRA CREDIT*** IN YOUR OPINION answer 1 of these questions in persuasive form. (1 page) 1. How did tobacco, sugar, and cotton alter the course of history? 2. How did the tomato, coffee bean, and cotton change Europe? 3. How did the American colonies get caught in the vicious cycle of slavery and racism? 4. Explain this statement: Columbus sowed the seeds for racism in America". 10points possible toward the test)
Important People: Columbus/Desoto/Pizarro/Champlain/Cortes/DaGama/Magellan/Prince Henry/Drake/Raleigh/Balboa/Bering/Vespucci
Chronology of Explorers1415=Prince Henry's School 1432-1460= Various students sail further down the African coast 1487= Batholomew Dias sails around Africa 1492= Columbus makes his first voyage 1498=Vasco da Gama sails to India 1502=Columbus's 4th voyage a disgrace
1519=Magellan leaves Spain 1521=death of Magellan 1522=Magellan's crew returns to Spain with 18 survivors from a crew of 255.
Important Ideas:Elizabeth uses Pirates to defeat the Spanish/Triangle trade established/Entrepreneurs establish mercantilism/World could be circumnavigated/Portugal is too weak to have an empire/Cortes forms alliances/New England a haven for religious freedom/Putting Out System/New World Catholicism
Important Events: Treaty of Tordesillas/Jamestown established/Dutch rival for Asian trade/ Balboa traverses Panama/2 million Africans died enroute to the New World/Treaty of Paris 1763/
***EXTRA CREDIT*** IN YOUR OPINION answer 1 of these questions in persuasive form. (1 page) 1. How did tobacco, sugar, and cotton alter the course of history? 2. How did the tomato, coffee bean, and cotton change Europe? 3. How did the American colonies get caught in the vicious cycle of slavery and racism? 4. Explain this statement: Columbus sowed the seeds for racism in America". 10points possible toward the test)