5 W’s of European Exploration WHEN did exploration occur? -1001- Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World. -1400’s- Portuguese sailors discover new routes around Africa toward Asia. -1492- Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) reached the West Indies. -1511- Spanish Conquer Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Explore eastern costs of North and South America. -1607- The first successful English colony at Jamestown.
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5 W’s of European Exploration WHEN did exploration occur?
-1001- Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World.
-1400’s- Portuguese sailors discover new routes around Africa toward Asia.
-1492- Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) reached the West Indies.
-1511- Spanish Conquer Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Explore eastern costs of North and South America.
-1607- The first successful English colony at Jamestown.
Unit Three Exploration
Why and where did Exploration Explore?
Leif Erikson 1001
Settled in Vinland: Northwest tip of Newfoundland.
Accidently blown off course whileattempting to convert the people of Greenland to Christianity.
Portuguese Navigators
Henry the Navigator Cape of Good Hope,
1488. Vasco De Gama
Trade Route to India 1498.
Helped boost Portuguese economy Paper and cinnamon
5 W’s of European Exploration
Who was involved in Exploration?
Spain France Portugal England Dutch
5W’s of European Exploration Where did the
Europeans explore? North America -The Florida Region -Northern Atlantic
Coast -The Carolinas - Great Lakes Central America -Central Mexico South America -Brazil -Peru
5 W’s of European Exploration Why did they
explore the New World?
Mercantilism -The search for wealth
(exports>imports) Economic and
military competition among countries.
Search for the Northwest Passage (water route to the Pacific)
Spread Christianity Sense of adventure
(Glory)
Mercantilism
Gold and silver: sign of a nations wealth.
Colonies serve as a provider of raw material, and market for exports.
Colony, territory under immediate control of the state.
Spread of Christianity
Christianity used to Justify colonization.
Conquers believed it was their right to bring Christianity to the “New World”
Often forced upon the Natives
5 W’s of European Exploration
What was the result of European Exploration?
Death of millions of Native Americans. The Columbian Exchange -The movement of people, goods, and diseases between Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The Slave Trade. Europeans colonies in the Americas.
“I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion are very different from ours, who live in sierras and mountains, without fixed settlements, and where by divine will I have placed under the sovereignty of the King and Queen our lords” Christopher Columbus-1500