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Three Worlds Collide
Europe as the Catalyst, 1500
Europe in 1500
Five Major Developments1. Demographic Change
2. Expansion of Capitalism, Trade
3. The Renaissance
4. The Protestant Reformation
5. Exploration
1. Demographic Change
Recovery From the Impact of the Plague
Improved Farming Methods
Improvements in Sanitation
Challenges of Population Growth
2. Expansion of Capitalism, Trade
Defining Capitalism
Feudalism
Growth of Cities
Mercantilism
Mercantilism
There is a finite amount of wealth in the world
A Country’s Wealth is determined by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury
Countries sought a favorable balance of trade-More exports than imports
Colonies support the mother country
3. The Renaissance 1300-1600
Humanists
Secularism
Individualism
Moveable Type and the European Printing Press, 1454
Johann Gutenberg
Renaissance Art
Leonardo Da Vinci1452-1519
Mona Lisa, 1503
Renaissance Art
Michelangelo1475-1564
David
Renaissance Thought
Niccolo Machiavelli1469-1527
The Prince (1513)
4. The Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther1483-1546
95 Theses, 1517
Wittenberg Castle
5. Exploration
European Motives1. Economic Motives
2. Spread Christianity
Technological Improvements
PortugalPrince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
Spain
725: Most of the Iberian Peninsula Falls Under the Control of Muslims
Reconquista
Castille and Aragon
Ferdinand of Aragon
Isabella of Castille,
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1469
Spain and the Centralized State
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Victory at Granada, 1/6/1492
Poor Boabdil!
Christopher Columbus
Voyages on behalf of Spain, 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502
Spanish Exploration
Vasco de Balboa, 1513
Ponce De Leon, 1513
Hernando Cortes, 1518
Ferdinand Magellan, 1519-1522
Francisco Pizzaro, 1532
Hernando De Soto, 1539
Francisco Coronado, 1540
St. Augustine, 1565
First Permanent European Settlement in North America
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, 1542
Left Guatemala,June 1542
Discovered “San Miguel” 1542
(Later San Diego)
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
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