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Title: Europeans Reach the Americas


1
Europeans Reach the Americas
  • As Europeans Explored the World, Christopher
    Columbus s Voyages led to new exchanges between
    Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

2
Key Terms and Key People
  • Key Terms
  • Line of Demarcation
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
  • Circumnavigate
  • Columbian Exchange
  • Key People
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Ferdinand Magellan

3
Quick overview
  • Vikings, including Leif Eriksson began exploring
    and settling as early as 874 AD
  • Europeans began travelling to Asia to spread
    Christianity, Open up Trade Markets, and Learn
    about their culture
  • Portugal, with new technology, was able to find a
    Route to Asia by sailing around Africa, opening
    up trade to Europe
  • Trade with Asia led to more countries searching
    for Asian Markets, but also increased the Slave
    Trade

4
Columbus Day
  • Christopher Columbus sets out to find a westward
    water route to Asia
  • Columbus promised King Ferdinand and Queen
    Isabella
  • Great Wealth and Riches
  • New Land and Territory
  • The Spread of Christianity
  • Columbus set sail on the Nina, The Pinta, And
    Santa Maria on August 3rd 1492 with 90 men and a
    years worth of supplies

5
Was he a Hero?
  • As the Voyage Seemed endless Columbuss Crew
    began to talk of mutiny so Columbus made a deal
    and offered a reward to the first to discover
    land
  • Columbuss Voyage spotted land he believed to be
    Asia on October 12th, 1492 and claimed San
    Salvador and Hispaniola for Spain
  • Columbus would begin trading with the Indians he
    encountered and would make 3 more trips back to
    what he thought was Asia

6
Here we Go
  • Columbuss voyage started a new Era of
    Exploration and Communication between America and
    Europe
  • However as Spain and Portugal began to fight over
    the new lands, Pope Alexander the VI created the
    LINE OF DEMARCATION to divide the Atlantic Ocean
    between them
  • Since the Arrangement favored Spain, the Treaty
    of Tordesillas moved the line 800 miles west

7
Discussion Question
  • Do you think we should celebrate Columbus Day in
    the United States? Why or Why Not?

8
Gellin like Magellan
  • Amerigo Vespucci would Explore the coast of
    present day South America and proved that this
    land was NOT Asia
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa set out to prove the
    existence of another ocean farther west and
    helped discover the Pacific Ocean
  • Ferdinand Magellan organized a crew and wanted to
    completely CIRCUMNAVIGATE the Earth
  • Though Magellan would be killed, his crew
    Successfully made it around the world

9
A BAD Exchange
  • As information about America Grew the Columbian
    Exchange began to change worldwide trade
  • The Columbian Exchange Introduced new American
    goods and crops to Europe and European crops and
    Animals to America
  • The Europeans also unintentionally introduced new
    diseases to the Americas which would wipe out
    entire populations
  • New Trading Patterns led to the exchange of raw
    materials, manufactured goods, and slaves

10
This has been Another World Famous Mr. Green
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  • Happy Columbus Day
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