age of exploration
Better ships, sailing tools and weapons
Goal: finding better trade routes
“God, Gold, and Glory” - spread Christianity, get rich, and be famous
Prince Henry (1419) - had a school of navigation
Bartolomeu Dias (1487) - sailed to South Africa
Vasco da Gama (1498) - sailed to India
Cristoforo Colombo (1451-1506) - wanted to find a sea route to Asia
main voyages: 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502
Juan Ponce de Leon (1471-1521) - 1st to try and establish a Spanish colony in the U.S, searched for fountain of youth
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) - where name for America comes from
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1512) - 1st to sail around the world
Aztecs (1511) - Hernan Cortes vs Moctezuma II
Hernan Cortes - conquered the Aztec empire
Moctezuma II - welcomed Cortes
Inca (1532) - Pizarro vs Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro - conquered Inca empire aggressively
Atahualpa - was forced to convert to christianity
mercantilism - your power depends on your wealth
Triangular Trade & Atlantic Slave Trade - trading network of slaves, tobacco, sugar, and other goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
New Social Order - caste system
Peninsulares: Spaniards born in Spain
Creoles: born in New World by Spanish parents
Mestizos: born of Spanish and Native American parents
Native Americans and African Slaves
Columbian Exchange - global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Better ships, sailing tools and weapons
Goal: finding better trade routes
“God, Gold, and Glory” - spread Christianity, get rich, and be famous
Prince Henry (1419) - had a school of navigation
Bartolomeu Dias (1487) - sailed to South Africa
Vasco da Gama (1498) - sailed to India
Cristoforo Colombo (1451-1506) - wanted to find a sea route to Asia
main voyages: 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502
Juan Ponce de Leon (1471-1521) - 1st to try and establish a Spanish colony in the U.S, searched for fountain of youth
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) - where name for America comes from
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1512) - 1st to sail around the world
Aztecs (1511) - Hernan Cortes vs Moctezuma II
Hernan Cortes - conquered the Aztec empire
Moctezuma II - welcomed Cortes
Inca (1532) - Pizarro vs Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro - conquered Inca empire aggressively
Atahualpa - was forced to convert to christianity
mercantilism - your power depends on your wealth
Triangular Trade & Atlantic Slave Trade - trading network of slaves, tobacco, sugar, and other goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
New Social Order - caste system
Peninsulares: Spaniards born in Spain
Creoles: born in New World by Spanish parents
Mestizos: born of Spanish and Native American parents
Native Americans and African Slaves
Columbian Exchange - global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas