LESSON 6 THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) UNIT 3 AGE OF EXPLORATION

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) Learning Target Students can describe how European exploration led to European domination of the Americas, Africa, and Asia

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) R – Results of Exploration Discovery of a new eastern passage to Asia by the Portuguese Discovery of a new world by the Spanish Death of Native American populations in Central America Beginning of European slave trade in Africa Mass migration to the Americas in search of wealth

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) E – English Colonies are formed In 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh established a colony at Roanoke Island (North Carolina) Within three years all the colonists disappeared In 1607the English established another colony called Jamestown, VA (named after King James I)

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) E – English Colonies are formed In 1620 the Pilgrims who wanted religious freedom came to North America on the Mayflower On board the ship they agreed to base their government on the rule of the majority of men settlers Historians call this the “Mayflower Compact” it was the beginning of democracy in America The Pilgrims named their colony Plymouth, MA

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) S – Settlements of the French The first French colony was Quebec in present-day Canada and also along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River The French mostly trapped animals and traded their furs In the 1680’s the French claimed Louisiana in the lower Mississippi Valley (named after King Louis XIV) Like the Spanish the French named their territory “New France”

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) U – Unified English Territory France and England tried to outdo one another in North America Both countries wanted money and power After a number of wars, France lost its land in North America The French and Indian War was a nine-year war between France and England When it ended in 1763, the English dominated half of the North American continent

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) L – Lots of help from the Natives Spanish ships introduced the natives to food and animals from Europe These same ships carried corn and potatoes back to Europe Corn and potatoes were easy to grow which resulted in fewer Europeans died from starvation Native Americas grew other crops like tobacco which Europeans first used as medicine then it became an important cash crop as it’s use increased

THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) T – The influence of Europe on the world Europeans explored North and Latin America for more than two centuries The Spanish, Dutch, English, and French set up colonies in North America By the late 1800’s European nations had gained political and economic control of India, parts of the Middle East, and most of Africa Asia