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SECTION 4 THE ATLANTIC WORLD IS BORN. FACTS COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND NATIVES WERE LIVING ON THE AMERICAS &

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1 SECTION 4 THE ATLANTIC WORLD IS BORN

2 FACTS COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND COLUMBUS KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND NATIVES WERE LIVING ON THE AMERICAS & OTHER EUROPEANS WERE ALREADY THERE NATIVES WERE LIVING ON THE AMERICAS & OTHER EUROPEANS WERE ALREADY THERE

3 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BORN IN 1451 IN GENOA, ITALY BORN IN 1451 IN GENOA, ITALY BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM A HEROIC MISSION BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM A HEROIC MISSION

4 A DARING EXPEDITION PETITIONED VARIOUS EUROPEAN MONARCHS TO SPONSOR HIS VOYAGE TO THE INDIES PETITIONED VARIOUS EUROPEAN MONARCHS TO SPONSOR HIS VOYAGE TO THE INDIES TITLED “HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA” BY FERDINAND & ISABELLA OF SPAIN TITLED “HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA” BY FERDINAND & ISABELLA OF SPAIN

5 GOVERNOR OF THE ISLANDS & CONTINENTS THAT HE DISCOVERED GOVERNOR OF THE ISLANDS & CONTINENTS THAT HE DISCOVERED SONS & GRANDSONS WOULD INHERIT THE TITLE & LANDS SONS & GRANDSONS WOULD INHERIT THE TITLE & LANDS

6 REASONS FOR THE VOYAGE HOPED TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY & TO GAIN HONOR, FORTUNE, & FAME HOPED TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY & TO GAIN HONOR, FORTUNE, & FAME ALSO TO CONVERT INFERIOR PEOPLE TO CATHOLICISM ALSO TO CONVERT INFERIOR PEOPLE TO CATHOLICISM ROYAL PARTONS SHARED THE DESIRE TO CONVERT PEOPLE ROYAL PARTONS SHARED THE DESIRE TO CONVERT PEOPLE ECONOMIC MOTIVES ECONOMIC MOTIVES

7 WANTED TO BYPASS THE MUSLIMS & FIND A WAY TO TRADE DIRECTLY WITH THE INDIES WANTED TO BYPASS THE MUSLIMS & FIND A WAY TO TRADE DIRECTLY WITH THE INDIES SPAIN’S RIVALRY WITH PORTUGAL SPAIN’S RIVALRY WITH PORTUGAL

8 DESTINATION ASIA FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1492 THREE SHIPS SET OUT FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1492 THREE SHIPS SET OUT NOT ENOUGH FOOD- UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE OCEAN NOT ENOUGH FOOD- UNDERESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE OCEAN OCTOBER 12- THE PINTA SPOTTED LAND OCTOBER 12- THE PINTA SPOTTED LAND SAN SALVADOR (THE BAHAMAS) SAN SALVADOR (THE BAHAMAS)

9 A HISTORIC MEETING WELCOMED BY THE TAINOS OFFERED THEM PARROTS, COTTON, THREAD, & JAVELINS “FORCED” GIFTS FOR THE QUEEN

10 HEADING HOME JANUARY 16, 1493 JANUARY 16, 1493 SANTA MARIA HAD RUN AGROUND SANTA MARIA HAD RUN AGROUND BECAME GOVERNOR OF HISPANOLA BECAME GOVERNOR OF HISPANOLA CAME BACK 6 MONTHS LATER CAME BACK 6 MONTHS LATER

11 LATER VOYAGES 4 TRIPS TO THE AMERICAS

12 NATIVES COMPLAINED THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WAS HARSH & UNFAIR NATIVES COMPLAINED THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WAS HARSH & UNFAIR COLUMBUS LOST HIS GOVERNORSHIP & PRESTIGE COLUMBUS LOST HIS GOVERNORSHIP & PRESTIGE STILL THOUGHT HE REACHED THE INDIES STILL THOUGHT HE REACHED THE INDIES DIED A DISAPPOINTED MAN IN 1506 DIED A DISAPPOINTED MAN IN 1506

13 A NEW CONTINENT 1499- AMERIGO VESPUCCI MADE 2 VOYAGES TO THE CARRIBBEAN 1499- AMERIGO VESPUCCI MADE 2 VOYAGES TO THE CARRIBBEAN SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS NEW LAND “THE NEW WORLD” SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS NEW LAND “THE NEW WORLD” 1507- FIRST MAP TO SHOW THE NEW WORLD, NAMES AMERICA 1507- FIRST MAP TO SHOW THE NEW WORLD, NAMES AMERICA

14 COLUMBUS’S IMPACT THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE BROUGHT PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES, COCOA, & POTATOES TO EUROPE BROUGHT PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES, COCOA, & POTATOES TO EUROPE

15 NATIVE AMERICANS DEVASTATED DISEASE- SMALL POX, TYPHUS, MEASLES DISEASE- SMALL POX, TYPHUS, MEASLES

16 EUROPEANS BROUGHT WHEAT & DOMESTICATED COWS & HORSES, FIREARMS, WHEEL & AXELS TO THE AMERICAS EUROPEANS BROUGHT WHEAT & DOMESTICATED COWS & HORSES, FIREARMS, WHEEL & AXELS TO THE AMERICAS ALSO CULTURE, LAWS, LANGUAGE, & CUSTOMS ALSO CULTURE, LAWS, LANGUAGE, & CUSTOMS

17 EUROPEANS GAIN WEALTH PORTUGAL COMPLAINED TO THE POPE PORTUGAL COMPLAINED TO THE POPE 1494 POPE ALEXANDER URGED SPAIN & PORTUGAL TO SIGN THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494 POPE ALEXANDER URGED SPAIN & PORTUGAL TO SIGN THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS DIVIDED ALL THE LAND NOT ALREADY CLAIMED BY OTHER CHRISTIANS DIVIDED ALL THE LAND NOT ALREADY CLAIMED BY OTHER CHRISTIANS

18 LINE OF DEMARCATION LINE OF DEMARCATION SPAIN RULED WEST INCLUDING THE AMERICAS SPAIN RULED WEST INCLUDING THE AMERICAS PORTUGAL RULED EAST INCLUDING BRAZIL, & SEA ROUTE AROUND AFRICA PORTUGAL RULED EAST INCLUDING BRAZIL, & SEA ROUTE AROUND AFRICA BY 1500’S FRANCE, ENGLAND, & THE NETHERLANDS BEGAN TO MOVE INTO NORTH AMERICA BY 1500’S FRANCE, ENGLAND, & THE NETHERLANDS BEGAN TO MOVE INTO NORTH AMERICA

19 AFRICANS ENSLAVED PORTUGAL & SPAIN ESTABLISHED PLANTATIONS PORTUGAL & SPAIN ESTABLISHED PLANTATIONS PRODUCING CASH CROPS PRODUCING CASH CROPS SUGAR & PINEAPPLE REQUIRED HUGE NUMBER OF WORKERS WHO LABORED LONG HOURS IN HOT CLIMATES SUGAR & PINEAPPLE REQUIRED HUGE NUMBER OF WORKERS WHO LABORED LONG HOURS IN HOT CLIMATES

20 SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED NATIVE AMERICANS & FORCED THEM TO WORK SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED NATIVE AMERICANS & FORCED THEM TO WORK NOT A RELIABLE WORKFORCE NOT A RELIABLE WORKFORCE 1517- FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE 1517- FIRST AFRICANS ARRIVE SLAVES WERE REGARDED AS PROPERTY SLAVES WERE REGARDED AS PROPERTY


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