1. 5 W’s of European Exploration
WHEN did exploration occur?
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.
Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) reached the West Indies.
Spanish Conquer Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Explore eastern costs of North and South America.
The first successful English colony at Jamestown.

2. Unit Three Exploration
Why and where did Exploration Explore?

3. Leif Erikson 1001 Settled in Vinland: Northwest tip of Newfoundland.
Accidently blown off course while
attempting to convert the people of
Greenland to Christianity.

4. Portuguese Navigators
Henry the Navigator
Cape of Good Hope,
Vasco De Gama
Trade Route to India
Helped boost Portuguese economy
Paper and cinnamon

5. 5 W’s of European Exploration
Spain
France
Portugal
England
Dutch
Who was involved in Exploration?

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 3 continents, Americas, Europe and Africa
* Squash * Avocado * Peppers * Sweet Potatoes * Turkey * Pumpkin * Tobacco * Quinine * Cocoa * Pineapple * Cassava * POTATO * Peanut * Tomato * Vanilla * MAIZE * Syphilis
* Olive * Coffee Beans * Banana * Rice * Onion * Turnip * Honeybee * Barley * Grape * Peach * Sugar Cane * Oats * Citrus Fruits * Pear * Wheat * HORSE * Cattle * Sheep * Pig * Smallpox * Flu * Typhus * Measles * Malaria * Diptheria * Whooping Cough

13. Christopher Columbus Born: Genoa Italy
Sent by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

14. Reasons for Exploring Alternate route to Asia. (Spice)
Would become Governor of any Land discovered.
Wealth: allowed 10% profit made from colonies.

15. The Voyage of Christopher Columbus
4 Voyages: First Voyage: Cuba, San Salvador and Hispaniola. Second Voyage: Caribbean Islands. Third Voyage: South American Main Land. Forth Voyage: Panama, Costa Rica

16. Trial of Christopher Columbus
Settlers and Natives complained of Columbus’s “tyrannical” rule.
Witness say he regularly used violence to govern Hispaniola.
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17. Trial of Columbus
“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