1. Tuesday August
Pick up a bellwork sheet, your spirals/folders and get out a pen/pencil.
Bellwork: What do you think? (Write answer in complete sentence, you don’t need to write the question).
What is the difference between exploration and colonization?

2. Age of Exploration

3. Setting the Stage… 4 major European nations involved in exploration
Spain, France, England, Portugal (we’ll only focus on first 3)
Spain & Portugal are first and claim the most
Other nations want to catch up….

4. Christopher Columbus Born in Genoa, Italy.
Inspired to find a shorter way to reach Asia.
Isabella of Spain, a Catholic, wanted to convert Asians to Catholicism.
Spain wants to compete with Portugal and Italy.
WATCH VIDEO HERE!!!
The Travels of Marco Polo

5. Reasons Why Europeans Explored!
Economic (gold)
Search for riches and natural resources
Find faster routes to Asian markets
Social (God)
Spread Christianity throughout the world
Political (glory)
Compete with growing European empires (fame & power)

6. Early Colonization

7. Spain Goals Look for gold and silver Conquer and convert natives
Explored/colonized
Florida, the SW U.S., Central & South America

8. France Goals Establish fur trade Make alliances with Natives
Explored/colonized
Great Lakes region, Mississippi River

9. England Goals Establish colonies for economic gain (Mercantilism)
Catch up to Spain and France
Explored/colonized
East coast of U.S., northern Canada

10. Wednesday August 31st 2016
Get your spiral/folder, pen/pencil, and get ready to finish notes.
Exploration/Early Colonization Quiz Friday 9/2.
Bellwork: What do you think?
If you could start a colony (in North/South America or the Caribbean)…
Where would it be?
What purpose? (Political/economic/social) Why?
What supplies would you take with you?
Who would you bring?

12. English Colonization. Why?
Push: Go away from place
Pull: Go to a place
High Unemployment
Overcrowded Cities (plagues & fires)
Crop failures/famines (starving)
Religious Persecution
Free/low cost of land
Profit from economic activity
Social mobility
Indentured servitude
Religious freedom