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Exploration Causes: The Renaissance Prince Henry the Navigator
Better technology Stability in Europe
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Exploration Big Names SPAIN AND PORTUGAL!!! Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Ferdinand Magellean SPAIN AND PORTUGAL!!!
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Columbian Exchange
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Exploration becomes Colonization!
Reasons Competition in Europe Larger Populations Desire for wealth and religious conversions Treaty of Tordesillas
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Comparing Colonizing Powers
Spain Began in the late 1400’s, early 1500’s Used their military to CONQUER the native peoples and used them as slaves Sought to take wealth OUT! Tried to force conversion of the native people Portugal
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Comparing Colonizing Powers
France Began in the 1500’s Sent over members of the military to set up trading stations Utilized the native peoples as allies- had the best relationship with them among ANY colonizing power Great Britain Began in the late 1500’s- mainly due to internal instability by Henry VIII Created “mini-Englands” with their citizens rather than members of their military Sought to use their colonies as sources of raw materials
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Map of Early Colonization
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Timeline of British Colonization
1587: Roanoke Island Sir Walter Raleigh 1588: Spanish Armada Defeat 1606: Virginia Company formed 1607: Jamestown First permanent English colony
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Key Colonies Jamestown Location Key People Known for Smith Rolfe
Pocahontas Known for Anglo-Powhatan War Tobacco House of Burgesses
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Key Colonies Plymouth Location Key People Known for William Bradford
Mayflower Compact Pilgrims
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Key Colonies Massachusetts Bay Location Key People Known for
John Winthrop Known for “A City Upon a Hill” Religious Intolerance Puritans
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Key Colonies Rhode Island Location Key People Known for Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson Known for “Sewer of New England” Religious Tolerance Most Democratic
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Key Colonies Pennsylvania Location Key People Known for William Penn
Quakers Tolerance Bread
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Key Colonies Georgia Location Key People Known for James Oglethorpe
Debtor’s Prison Buffer Zone
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How Geography Played a Role…
The key parts of the: Southern Colonies Northern (New England) Colonies Middle Colonies
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Wrap-up Discussion Questions
How do you think the world would be different without the Spanish Armada Defeat occuring? Which explorer do you think was the most beneficial to exploration? Why? If you could go back in time to any colony, which would it be? Why? What questions do you still have?
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