Age of Exploration

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Age of Exploration
The Discovery of Overseas
Empires England and France
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?The English, French, and Dutch soon followed the
Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 1500s.
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English Contributions
Two of the more notable explorers for the English
were
1. Sir Francis
Drake who explored the west coasts of North
America and was the second explorer to make it
around the world. 2.
John Cabot was the one of the first English
explorers and settled modern day
Newfoundland. 3. The
1st English settlement in America was in
Jamestown, Virginia.
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French Contributions
Two French explorers were 1. Giovanni
Verrazano who was sent by the French to find a
Northwest Passage through America to Asia. 2. The
French later sent Jacquis Cartier and Samuel de
Champlain to North America. 3. The 1st
French settlement in America was in Quebec.
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World Trade
?The triangle trade was a three directional trade
route between Europe, Africa, and America.
?3 Steps Process 1. Europeans brought
manufactured goods to Africa such as knives,
swords, guns, cloth, and rum.
2. The slaves were then picked up in Western
Africa and brought to the Americas in order to
be sold.
3. The slaves were then sold for sugar, molasses,
cotton, and tobacco.
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Triangular Trade
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Middle Passage
?The Middle Passage of this trip involved the
journey of slaves from the West Coast of Africa
to the Americas.