1. Exploration and Expansion
Chapter 13-1

2. Motives and Means “God, Glory, and Gold” Reasons for Exploration
What does this phrase mean to you? How does this relate to the Age of Exploration?
Reasons for Exploration
“fascinated by exotic East”
Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople (changed to Istanbul)
Economic Expansion
Spice Trade
Religious Zeal
“to give light to those who were in darkness, and to grow rich, as all men desire to do”
“introduce the holy Catholic faith”

3. Geography Skills Open to page 431
Look at the map and answer the two questions in your notes

4. A Race for Riches
Portuguese and Spanish explorers take the lead in discovering new lands
Portugal-traveled southward along west African Coast
Spain-traveled west toward the Americas

5. Portuguese and Spanish Explorers
Open to page 432
Use the organizer to understand the key people, dates, and areas for exploration.

6. Spanish Empire
Conquistadors: individuals whose firearms, organizational skills, and determination made them successful conquerors of the New World

7. Aztec Civilization Destroyed
Aztecs rule much of Central Mexico
Most local officials accepted rule of king in Tenochtitlan
Hernan Cortes: 1519 led a Spanish force from Veracruz to Tenochtitlan
Made alliances with city-states tired of Aztec rule
Montezuma: Aztec monarch who welcomed the Spanish
Tensions rise, Montezuma becomes captive, revolt pushes Spanish out
Disease starts killing populations
Spanish return with force
Conquest of the Aztec Empire

8. History and Arts Open up to page 434
Read the document and look at the illustration
Answer the two questions in your notes.

9. Conquest of the Inca Inca Empire control area in central Andes
Francisco Pizarro: 1530 landed on South American coast
Landed with only 180 men
Gunpowder, steel weapons, and horses give advantage
Disease strikes local villages
King dies of illness
Sons fight for power
Spanish take control of situation and march on Cuzco
By 1535 new capital at Lima created new colony of the Spanish Empire

10. Encomienda
Encomienda: grant by the Spanish government to a settler in the Americas to use Native Americans as laborers
Supposed to protect natives (largely not the case)
Populations in Americas dwindling
Forced Labor, Starvation, and Disease
Catholic monks convert masses
Religion, language, culture, and government adopted
Natives and Spanish married and had families
Colonists establish plantations and ranches
Sugar, cotton, vanilla, livestock,

11. The Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange: the exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
transformed the economic activity in both worlds
Population exploded

13. Turning Point Open to page 436 Read about the Columbian Exchange
Answer the questions which relate

14. European Rivals
English and Dutch begin competing with the Spanish and Portuguese
Dutch East India Company
Dutch Colonize
New Netherlands
Mouth of the Hudson River to Albany, NY
French Colonize
New France
Canada
Hudson Bay
Louisiana
English Colonize
Virginia
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Takes control of New Netherlands
Renames it New York

15. Section 1 Review Complete the Section Review
Complete the Questions 1-7

16. Atlantic Slave Trade
13-2

17. Essential Question
How did the slave trade impact the economic, political, and societal landscape as colonies emerged? How does this relate to the interactions of people, cultures, and ideas? Explain
Write down what you know about the slave trade.

19. Atlantic Slave Trade Open to page 438 Read about the slave trade
Complete the Graphic Organizer
This will be due tomorrow 3/13/2015