1. European Exploration and Colonization
European Empires
Theme of Social Studies: Movement/Migration

2. European Exploration
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
b. Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

3. European Exploration
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
b. Trace (map out) the empires (territories) of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

4. Topic: Empires of Europe
SS6H b)
Portugal
Crusades:
Name: _____________
Date: ____Period: __ TOC #: ___
Time Period/Routes
Spain
Important People/Explorers
England
France
Motivation
Empire Territories
Assessment Prompts #1 #2 #3
Impact

5. EQ Write this down on the back of your TMAP: You will answer at the end.
What were Europe’s colonies in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas?
Hint: There were four main ones.

6. 1. What European countries had colonies on other continents?
Assessment Prompts
1. What European countries had colonies on other continents?
2. What is a colony?
3. Where were these colonies located?

7. Empire Building
After the 14th century, Europe’s most powerful countries competed to see who could get the most colonies (colony).
They wanted to build their Empire by taking over other parts of the world (Imperialism).

8. The Crusades (1096-1272) Write this down!!!!!
Military expeditions sent by the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church to capture the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks
Not successful, but had a few positive results:
Western Europeans learned to:
better maps
build better ships
Exposed Europeans to spices & goods from the East

9. Think-Pair-Share
Think: Think about the 3 positive results from the Crusades
Pair: With a partner, tell each other the three positive results
Share: With the group, share what we’ve just discussed.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

10. Trade Routes
1400s—major trade routes from the East to Europe went through 2 Italian cities (Venice & Genoa)
-Italian merchants marked up the prices on the jewels, fragrances, woods and finished goods & sold them throughout Europe.
Portugal, Spain, France, and England resented the huge profits made by Italians. Since they controlled the trade routes through Mediterranean Sea they began to look for other routes to the India, China and Spice Islands.

11. “Scramble for Africa” Led to the colonization of most of the
continent.

12. Spain and Portugal: Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugal and Spain claimed territories in the New World before any other European powers.
Since both nations were Catholic, the Pope drew a line on the map showing which territories would belong to Portugal and which ones belonged to Spain

14. Spain and Portugal: Treaty of Tordesillas

15. Think-Pair-Share Think: Think about the Treaty of Tordesillas
Pair: With a partner, ask who came up with the Treaty
Share: With the group, share what we’ve just discussed.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

16. 1st Box: Portugal’s Empire
Time Period/Routes: 15th century: led the world in sea exploration and explored the western coast of Africa
Motivation: find a trade route around Africa to Asia
Believed they could make a lot of money as traders if they could get Asian goods for a cheaper price
Also wanted to spread Christianity along Africa’s west coast

17. Important People: Prince Henry the Navigator
Son of the Portuguese king
1st to start the colonial empires.
created a naval observatory that taught students navigation, astronomy, & cartography
Sent more than 50 expeditions down the west coast of Africa and a route to India and China but never visited them.
-Wanted to establish Portuguese colonies & break the Muslim hold on trade routes

18. Prince Henry the Navigator

19. Institute of Sagres

20. Prince Henry the Navigator
Unable to make money trading gold, so he tried creating sugar cane plantations
--Sugar cane was a very profitable crop, but required lots of labor
Henry imported slaves from Africa to work the fields
--This was successful & was later copied in the New World
--Encouraged a slave trade that lasted another 400 years…

21. Think-Pair-Share
Think: Think about the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator
Pair: With a partner, where did Prince Henry ships sail from?
Share: With the group, share what we’ve just discussed about Prince Henry.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

22. Portugal’s Empire
Explorers: Bartolomeu Dias (one of Prince Henry Sailors) reached the southern tip of Africa called The Cape of Good Hope and The Indian Ocean.
Explorers: Vasco da Gama, another explorer, later sailed around the cape and continued to India.

23. Portugal’s Empire
For decades, Portuguese sailors continued to explore East Asia where they established forts & trading posts
By 1571, a string of outposts connected Portugal to Africa, India, South Pacific Islands, & Japan
Portugal grew wealthy from these trade routes, but…
Its most profitable colony was Brazil in South America. Brazil was a Portuguese Colony until 1822.

24. Territories: Portugal
The Portuguese Empire included the area known today as Brazil and much of the West Coast of Africa.

25. Think-Pair-Share
Think: Think about the colonies/territories of Portugal
Pair: With a partner list the colonies of Portugal
Share: With the group, share what we’ve just discussed about Portugal
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

26. According to legend, beyond this point in an area known as the "Green Sea of Darkness," the sun was so close to the Earth that a person’s skin would burn black, the sea boiled, ships caught on fire, and monsters hid waiting to smash the ships and eat the sailors. It took fourteen voyages over a period of 12 years until a ship finally reached the equator.

27. Spain’s Empire
Time Period/Routes: 15th Century: Spanish explorers were searching for a trade route through or around North & South America to Asia
Motivation
Wanted to find a
quicker route to
the gold & spices
in Asia.

28. Spain
Spain controlled most of the New World (North America and South America), and parts of Europe, Africa, and the Philippines in Asia

29. Important People/Explorers: Christopher Columbus
1490s—C.C., an Italian, was given ships & sailors by the Spanish monarchy
--They wanted him to try to find a quick route through the Atlantic Ocean to Asia
He discovered the Bahamas, but thought he was in Asia… “East Indies”
--Later, it was realized that he “discovered” 2 new continents (North and South America)
Exploration of these areas brought great wealth to Spain

30. Territories: Spain’s Empire
Huge empire that spanned the globe
Spanish conquistadors conquered the Inca and Aztec civilizations in the 1500’s (South America)
More Motivation
--Looking for gold & spices
--Used missionaries to convert natives to Christianity
Claimed huge areas of North & South America & ruled over them for 300 years

31. Think-Pair-Share Think: Think about the colonies/territories of Spain
Pair: With a partner list the colonies of Spain
Share: With the group, share 3 important points about Christopher Columbus
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

32. (Britain) England’s Empire
England used to be one of three countries (England, Scotland, & Wales) shared an island.
Time Period: 1700’s, the three united and became Great Britain
British empire was the largest in history
--At its peak, Great Britain controlled: Canada, Australia, India, much of Africa, and numerous islands

33. Britain (England)
By the 18th century, the British Empire was the most powerful in Europe
Territories: had colonies in in North America, Africa, the Caribbean, India, and Australia

34. (Britain) England’s Empire
North America came under British control in the 1700s
--Lost American colonies in 1776 and U.S became an independent country.
--Maintained control over Canada until 20th century
Great Britain colonized Australia in 1788
Motivation--Used it as a penal (prison) colony to relieve overcrowded jails in England

35. Think-Pair-Share
Think: Think about the colonies/territories of Britain
Pair: With a partner list the colonies of Britain
Share: With the group, discuss why Britain was the most powerful during the 18th century.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

36. France’s Empire
Time Period: French possessed colonies around the world from 1600 to 1900
Motivation: Imperialism. Also dominated much of the European continent
--By 1812, France controlled much of Germany, Italy, & France

37. France’s Empire
Time Period: Established other colonies in the 16th-17th centuries:
--Islands in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific, the North Pacific, & the North Atlantic
France also maintained influence in Canada, South America, Southeast Asia, & Northwest Africa

38. Territories: France
The French Empire consisted of colonies in North America, Asia, and the West Indies
The French lost many of these to Britain, but it still controlled part of Asia, North America and eventually parts of West Africa

39. Think-Pair-Share Think: Think about the colonies/territories of France
Pair: With a partner list the colonies of France
Share: With the group, discuss what motivated France to colonize other areas.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

41. Impact: Imperialism = Injustice
Impact #1: European nations showed little respect for the indigenous (native) peoples they colonized.
Impact #2: Using military force and slave labor, they exploited (oppressed) conquered territories while they increased their wealth and power.

42. Think-Pair-Share Think: Think about imperialism
Pair: With a partner discuss the two impacts of imperialism
Share: With the group, discuss how may imperialism a bad or good thing.
30 seconds….1…2…3… Go!

43. Jigsaw Instructions On your own separate sheet of paper.
Everyone will write each question and answer in complete sentences. Watch spelling and punctuation!!
Return back to base camp and share your answers with your Base Camp partners.
20 Minutes to complete
Whatever is not completed in class, it is for homework!

44. Jigsaw: Base Camp Gold Group God / Glory Group
What natural resources were Europeans looking for?
Where did Europeans have to go to get silk and spices?
Why did Europeans want a Sea Route to Asia?
Why was trading through the Mediterranean so expensive?
God / Glory Group
What did Europeans believe they had to spread?
Why did European countries want colonies?
Why did European colonies want new markets?
What is imperialism?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What country was he the ruler of?
What was he the first to do?
What did he open? Where/When did he open it?