PPT-7-1.3 Notes European Influence in the Americas

Spain took the lead in a path of conquests in the Americas Hernan Cortes Traveled into Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula Defeated the powerful Aztec empire 1 Spanish weapons guns 2 Horses soldiers on horses. By the late 1400s Spanish explorers arrived in the Americas.. In 1519 a Spanish army led by Cortez landed in Mexico in search of gold and riches.. With 600 soldiers he conquered the Aztecs in 2 years with superior weapons and horses.. The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. 10.a- . Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors; include . Zheng. He, Vasco . da. Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.. CONVENTIONAL FACILITIES. AND . SITING. . A. Enomoto, V. . . Kuchler, J. Osborne. 2. Outline. CFS Introduction. Geotechnical Conditions and Construction Methods. Description of CFS Cost Drivers. & Conquests. Motives for European Exploration. The Crusades resulted in Muslims cutting Europeans off from trade with China, India (Ex = Spain – why?). The Renaissance . (Humanism) led to a great curiosity . & Conquests. Motives for European Exploration. Crusades .  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia.. Renaissance .  curiosity about other lands and peoples.. Reformation .  refugees & missionaries.. 1450 - 1750. A PERSIA approach to a TON of information. P - Political. Who gets involved in the New World:. Spain. Portugal. England. France. Russia. Netherlands. European states are in competition with one another. Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Bernier. The Atlantic Slave Trade. In the 1500s, the Europeans began to import slaves from Africa to the Americas. But the use of slaves was nothing new. For centuries, the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians, Indians and Aztecs often enslaved the people they conquered. The Arab empire also used slave labor.. Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Bernier. The Atlantic Slave Trade. In the 1500s, the Europeans began to import slaves from Africa to the Americas. But the use of slaves was nothing new. For centuries, the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians, Indians and Aztecs often enslaved the people they conquered. The Arab empire also used slave labor.. rats… In sum, the remaking of the Americas was a team effort by a set of interdependent species led and partially managed (but never fully controlled) by European people.”. Alan Taylor, historian, . & Conquests. Earlier Explorations. Islam & the Spice Trade .  Malacca. A New Player .  Europe. Nicolo, Maffeo, & Marco Polo, 1271. Expansion becomes a state enterprise .  monarchs had the authority & the resources.. Do Now:. What was the Middle Passage?. The Columbian Exchange. Mercantilism . Columbian Exchange. The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. . Effects of the Columbian Exchange. 1. . Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange. Intensification of existing networks and development of new ones in the Atlantic . New technology: astrolabes, more exact cartography, caravels. 1415-1796. Is this the Age of Exploration…or the Age of Invasion . Voyages to . Discovery. What caused the Age of . Exploration?. Renaissance. . = spirit of . discovery. Search . for . wealth. People .