1. Chapter 4: Spain Builds an Empire
Lesson 1: The Voyages of Columbus

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Places
Bahama islands
West Indies

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People
Christopher Columbus
King Ferdinand
Queen Isabella
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan

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Vocabulary
Expedition
Colony
Columbian Exchange

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Columbus and the Taino
Columbus first landed in at an island called Guanashani in the West Indies
The group of people there were called the Taino
Columbus was looking for a better and faster way to get to the Indies

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Columbus and the Taino
The Indies was a part of Asia rich with gold, spices, and other resources
The only way to get to the Indies during this time was by way of the difficult land route - Silk Road

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Columbus and the Taino
Columbus decided to try a route across the Atlantic Ocean
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella decided to fund the expedition
Expedition: a journey made for a special purpose

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Columbus and the Taino
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail with three ships – the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
On October 12, 1492, land was sighted from the Pinta
“At two hours after midnight, the Pinta fired a cannon, my prearranged signal for the sighting of land.”
Columbus claimed the land for the Spanish king and queen

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Columbus and the Taino
Historians believe that Columbus may have reached one of the Bahama Islands
Columbus thought he was in Indies so he called the people “Indians”
The islands of this region have become known as the West Indies

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The Columbian Exchange
Columbus led three more expeditions to the Americas
The second trip, in 1493, he took 17 ships loaded with settlers, animals, and other supplies
Spain also decided to start a colony on this second trip

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The Columbian Exchange
Colony: a settlement far from the country that rules it
Before long, thousands of European settlers were living in colonies throughout the West Indies

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The Columbian Exchange
This was the beginning of the Columbian Exchange.
Columbian Exchange: a movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
See page 136 in the book for a diagram of the Exchange

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The Columbian Exchange
The changes helped the people of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas
The Europeans brought diseases that killed many of the Native Americans
Small Pox
Measles

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The Columbian Exchange
As the European colonies prospered, the Native peoples’ way of life began to change
Natives were forced to work on large farms growing sugarcane and other crops
Sugarcane was used to make sugar – made huge profits

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The Columbian Exchange
The Spanish want to bring Christianity to the native people
The natives were forced to give up their own beliefs
The native people lost most of their ways of life

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Fact File
By the 1500’s , the Spanish realized that the islands weren’t a part of Asia
This was a new world waiting to explored and settled
But millions were already calling the land home

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Fact File
Christopher Columbus ( )
Born in Italy
Led four voyages between 1492 and 1504
Amerigo Vespucci ( )
Sailed to the eastern coast of South America in 1501

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Fact File
Vasco Nunez de Balboa ( )
Born in Spain
In 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan (about )
Born in Portugal
Led the first expedition around the world, which began in 1519 and ended without him in 1522
He was killed during the voyage

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The Impact of Columbus
Columbus showed Europeans the way to the Americas
The land was named after explorer, Amerigo Vespucci
Vespucci was the first to call the Americas the “new world”
Many more explorers follow Columbus and Vespucci

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The Impact of Columbus
Some explorers came for the land and riches
They conquered mighty native tribe to get the land and riches
Explorers came from Spain, Portugal, England, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands by early 1600’s

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The Impact of Columbus
Some of these countries fought among themselves and against natives for control of the land in the Western Hemisphere

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European Exploration
Even the most educated knew very little about the world outside of Europe in the 1400’s
They had no idea of how wide the Atlantic Ocean was

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European Exploration
Astrolabe: used to measure latitude on a voyage
Vespucci was the first to realize that America was a separate continent and not a part of Asia

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European Exploration
Columbus promised to bring back gold to Spain.
The gold Columbus returned to Spain was used to make coins
Columbus originally traveled on the Santa Maria until it was wrecked – then he traveled on the Nina

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