PPT-Types of Colonies in the Americas

Vocabulary Word Definition Encomienda Spanish economic system where settlers were given land and they were in control of that land and the people on it Plantation Colony Colonies established to grow and sell cash crops . The Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Columbus sailed for Spain, heading west looking for an alternate route to Asia. October 1492, he lands on a Caribbean island (Bahamas?) and claims it and other islands for Spain. 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. At one point, we were all “others” in America. This is the story of how some of the others came to be here. Europeans come to the colonies. England. 1600’s – 90% of immigrants came from England. Imperialism and Missionary Activity. Fertile Question. Who benefitted most from Christian Missionaries accompanying explorer and traders to the East and the New World? . A Whole New World. Europe in the 16. 1600-1660. The . Americas- What now?. We’ve learned about the native cultures in the Americas and what happened in the beginning of contact with the Europeans, but what now?!?.  Europeans began to colonize the territory in the Americas. Credit given to: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . Publishing for portions of this presentation. Reading Focus. Where did the Atlantic slave trade originate?. How did slavery evolve in the American colonies?. Spain took the lead in a path of conquests in the Americas. Hernan Cortes-. Traveled into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Defeated the powerful Aztec empire…. 1. Spanish weapons (guns). 2. Horses (soldiers on horses). 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, . Page 446. Map of the known world (1400s). Motives for European Exploration. Crusades .  by-pass . middle-men to . get to Asia.. Renaissance .  curiosity about other lands and peoples.. Reformation . 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. What enabled Europeans to carve out huge empires an ocean away from their homelands?. Europeans were much closer to the Americas than were their potential Asian competitors. . Groups within European society—including competing monarchs, merchants, impoverished nobles and commoners, Christian missionaries, and persecuted minorities—all had strong, if different, motivations for participating in empire building.. Types of Colonies Royal Colony – king appointed the governors and leaders of the colony Proprietary Colony – one or more people had authority/ownership over colony Joint-Stock/Company Colonies – businesses set up and in charge