Apush- 1.4 Columbian Exchange, spanish exploration and conquest

Cause/motive of Columbus exploration

-(Gold) Find sea route to Asia for lucrative trade

Sea exploration causes

-Improvements in shipbuilding; compass

Columbus’ travel Context

-Wins isabellas + ferdinand’s back-up

-This is because they were powerful as Spain just defeated Moors in Granada

-Bahamas voyage was successful, China and India were not lucrative however

Cause of Columbian Exchange

-Different cultures between the new + old world

Effects of the Columbian Exchange

-world globalized

-Euro food diets diversify which leads to population growth —> potatoes, tomatoes

-Euro get disease —> syphilis

-Americans get horses for better hunting

-Americans pop decrease —> smallpox, measeles

Effects of population growth and new resources from the columbian exchange in Europe

• trade encouraged- political change from feudalism to capitalism (money more impt. than land)

• Political power shifts from landowners to merchants with this newfound money importance

reasons why trade increased and the effects of its increase

-Gold; but travel is expensive

-Effected in the creation of joint-stock-companies: businesses w/ many investors. Ppl loose only what they invested if voyage failed.

-This promoted economic growth by making investment safer