Who am I?Who am I?

Who am I?Who am I?

Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus

• August 3, 1492 – Columbus and three ships sail from Spain

• Born in Italy and sailed for Spain• Purpose: Sail to Asia (India) by

going west across the Atlantic instead of around Africa (Portuguese)

• August 3, 1492 – Columbus and three ships sail from Spain

• Born in Italy and sailed for Spain• Purpose: Sail to Asia (India) by

going west across the Atlantic instead of around Africa (Portuguese)

Chris’s View of the WorldChris’s View of the World

What’s the problem with his view?

Was Columbus the First?Was Columbus the First?• NO!!!!• NO!!!!• The Chinese?• The Vikings?• The Phoenicians?

• The Chinese?• The Vikings?• The Phoenicians?

• Now back to Columbus...• Now back to Columbus...

Why Explore?Why Explore?

• Motives (Reasons) for Exploration = GOLD, GLORY, GOD

• Gold = more land; new markets (people to buy goods); money $$$$

• Glory = power for exploring nation • God = spread Christianity to new

lands

• Motives (Reasons) for Exploration = GOLD, GLORY, GOD

• Gold = more land; new markets (people to buy goods); money $$$$

• Glory = power for exploring nation • God = spread Christianity to new

lands

More ColumbusMore Columbus• Set off to find a quicker route to the West

Indies.• Crew was near mutiny when land was

sighted.• Landed near present day Bahamas

(thought it was the West Indies• Indigenous people called themselves the

Taino (“noble ones”). He called them something else…

• Los Indios…..translation Indians….WHY????

• Thus began the move from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)

• Set off to find a quicker route to the West Indies.

• Crew was near mutiny when land was sighted.

• Landed near present day Bahamas (thought it was the West Indies

• Indigenous people called themselves the Taino (“noble ones”). He called them something else…

• Los Indios…..translation Indians….WHY????

• Thus began the move from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)

Where did they Settle?Where did they Settle?• built settlements in the

Caribbean, South America and Central America

• settled in North America (present day United States)

• settled in present-day Canada

• were brought to work on large plantations in the Caribbean and Southern English colonies

• built settlements in the Caribbean, South America and Central America

• settled in North America (present day United States)

• settled in present-day Canada

• were brought to work on large plantations in the Caribbean and Southern English colonies

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English –

French –

Africans –

Comparing Three WorldsComparing Three WorldsAmerican Indians Europeans West Africans

What were their religious beliefs?

Nature-basedSpiritual relationship between man and Earth

Christianity Everyone should be Christian

Islam (in some areas)Nature-based (in other places)

What was their government?

tribes (simple) confederations empires (complex)

nations and kingsbeginning to have ideas about individual rights

Kingdoms w/ rulersCouncil of elders

What were their economic systems?

Communal ownership of landLive in harmony with land -- use it to sustain life and not to create wealth

Private ownership of propertyLabor + land = wealth

Communal ownership of landExtensive trade in a variety of goods

What kind of technology did they have?

Bows, arrows, spears and tomahawksSimple farming and hunting tools

Advanced weaponry, including guns, cannons and armorNavigational abilities

Depending on area – simple farming tools or complex trading equipment

Impact of DiscoveryImpact of Discovery

• Colonization – The establishment of distant settlements controlled by parent country.

• Often times natives were forced into work on plantations

• Europeans brought many new diseases with them to the New World…..

• Colonization – The establishment of distant settlements controlled by parent country.

• Often times natives were forced into work on plantations

• Europeans brought many new diseases with them to the New World…..

Disease is BAD!Disease is BAD!

• Population decrease estimates between 1/3 and 1/2 of native population.

• Decrease in population means decrease in workforce.

• What will the Europeans do???

• Population decrease estimates between 1/3 and 1/2 of native population.

• Decrease in population means decrease in workforce.

• What will the Europeans do???

Slave Trade BeginsSlave Trade Begins

• With so many Natives dying of disease, Europeans turned to the slave trade to replenish labor force.

• Africans were more resistant to Old World disease and less familiar with New World (less likely to escape).

• Europeans began using these slaves in the New World.

• With so many Natives dying of disease, Europeans turned to the slave trade to replenish labor force.

• Africans were more resistant to Old World disease and less familiar with New World (less likely to escape).

• Europeans began using these slaves in the New World.

The Columbian ExchangeThe Columbian Exchange

• An exchange of living things between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (North America)

• An exchange of living things between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (North America)

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FrenchEnglish