Contact in the New World
Why Explore in 15th Century? 1. Improvements in technology Renaissance Printing Press 2. Religious Conflict Catholic victory in Spain Protestant Reformation 1517 John Calvin Counter-Reformation Church of England 3. Political/Economic Nation-States Competition of markets Population increase
Religious Split Chart Jesuit Catholic Church Franciscan Dominicans Protestants (M. Luther) Anglicans (Church of England) Calvinists (predestination) Quakers=“tremble at the name of the Lord”, 1650s, rejected predestination and original sin, “inner light” = have divinity w/in Puritans (Pilgrims) Separatist sects Quakers
Contact West Africa (Portuguese 1st) Americas 1. Spanish Throughout Caribbean, America & MX to Chile Columbus (Italian but sent by Spain)—1492, San Salvador in West Indies & Hispaniola Balboa—Isthmus of Panama Magellan—S.A. tip to Philippines Verranzano—coast of N.A. Cortez—1519 Mexico, subjugated Aztecs Sugar Plantations, sheep, cattle, gold & silver mines Defeat of Spanish Armada 1588 Mestizo, Mulatto, Criollo, Peninsulares
2. French 3. Dutch 4. English Cartier up St. Lawrence, 1541 Champlain, 1608 Quebec Relations w/ natives Fur trading Louisiana Weaknesses of French Colonization 3. Dutch 1614 Fort Nassau (Albany) & New Netherlands 1626 Manhattan from Indians, New Amsterdam 4. English Not until late 16th Century…why?
Why? No central power King Henry had no standing Army Unlike Spanish, Tudors of England not interested in religious crusades Practiced colonization in Ireland 1560s & 1570s English “superiority” Protestant vs. Catholic Sirs Humphrey Gilbert, Richard Grenville, and Walter Raleigh (Roanoke) later went on to N.A.
English Monarchy Primogeniture Tudor Monarchs (1485-1603) Mary I (r. 1553-1558) Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) Edward VI (r. 1547-1553) -severed ties w/ Catholic Church -Brought ~ Church of England -Encouraged “Sea Dogs to raid Spanish treasure ships (e.g. Drake)
English Monarchy Primogeniture Continued Stuart Monarchs -antagonized Puritans -favored Catholics