Economic Political and Social Reasons Economic Reasons for Exploration Discovery of fine goods in the East Marco Polo Spent 24 years in China brought back fascinating tales Eastern goods sought after by Europeans ID: 278295
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European Exploration
Economic, Political, and Social ReasonsSlide2
Economic Reasons for Exploration Slide3
Discovery of fine goods in the East
Marco Polo – Spent 24 years in China, brought back fascinating tales.Eastern goods sought after by Europeans.Slide4
Trade Routes
Italy dominated trade overland:Merchants became very wealthy
Had good relationship w/ MuslimsControlled the Mediterranean seaSlide5
Trade Routes (Cont.)
Portuguese wanted in on Eastern trade:
Goal = find water route to AsiaBest sailors – invented Caravel (triangular sails allowed ship to sail into the wind)
Bartolomeu
Dias – first sailor to reach the
tip of
Africa
Vasco de Gama – followed
Dias’s
route, sailed to India
Portugal found all water route & became rich
Bartolomeu Dias at the cape of good Hope
Vasco de GamaSlide6Slide7
Trade Routes (Cont.)
Spain (Portugal's neighbor) also wanted in on trade.
Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand took a risk and financed Columbus’s voyage.Columbus thought he would find a faster route to Asia by sailing directly West.
Found the Americas insteadSpain would became very rich
Christopher Columbus
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of SpainSlide8
Mercantilism
European countries sought raw goods: gold, silver, sugar, etc.
As colonies developed, provided a market for manufactured goods.Goal of Mercantilism = acquire colonies & make Mother Country very rich through favorable balance of trade.Slide9
Political Reasons for ExplorationSlide10
Empire Building
Spanish Conquistadors:Sought Gold for Spain
Hernando Cortez conquered the Aztecs of Mexico.Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas of Peru.Slide11
Spanish ExplorersSlide12
European Rivalries
Fight over North America:Spain claimed the Americas
French & English sailors looking for Northwest passage claimed lands in N. AmericaReligious Conflicts:Spain = CatholicEngland = ProtestantProtestant & Catholic = bad combination
Spain
VS
Britain (England)Slide13
European Rivalries (Cont.)
Spain & England Clash:
England’s Queen Elizabeth sent Sea Dogs like Francis Drake to steal Spanish treasure.Spanish King enraged; sent Spanish Armada to conquer England & restore Catholicism
England defeats SpainSpain never as powerfulOther nations started challenging Spain
Queen Elizabeth
Sir Francis DrakeSlide14
Social Reasons for Exploration
Religion
IdeasSlide15
Spreading of Ideas & Beliefs
Spain wanted to spread Christianity to the New WorldSet up missions to convert Native Americans
Spanish Mission in San Jose, CaliforniaSlide16
Religious Freedom
Later, Separatist groups fled Europe because of religious persecution.Wanted to develop colonies in the Americas.