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

2. What sequence of events led to the Columbian Exchange?
Bell Ringer!
In your journal, answer this question to the best of your ability… You can refer to your notes & book.
What sequence of events led to the Columbian Exchange?

3. What sequence of events led to the Columbian Exchange? Sample answer:
Bell Ringer!
What sequence of events led to the Columbian Exchange? Sample answer:
ANSWER: Spain sent Columbus on a westward expedition on which he discovered the Americas. On later expeditions, he brought settlers, animals, & other supplies. Spain started the colony of New Spain in the Americas.

4. Bell Ringer!
What sequence of events led to the Columbian Exchange? Rubric for answering this question:
ANSWER: Spain sent Columbus on a westward expedition to find a cheaper and quicker way to the Indies where he discovered the Americas. On later expeditions, he brought settlers, animals, & other supplies. Spain later started the colony of New Spain in the Americas.

5. New Spain

6. Christopher Columbus Italian Explorer
He wanted a better way to reach the Indies
as the lands of China, Japan and India were then known in Europe
Before this, Europeans only had the difficult Silk Road land journey
He suggested sailing west Across the Atlantic Ocean

8. Christopher Columbus He needed money for his expedition
Expedition – Is a journey made for a special purpose
To pay for this, Columbus took his plan to Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
He convinced them that he could find a cheaper and quicker way to the Indies

9. Columbus and the Taino
Columbus sent on expedition by Spanish Queen Isabella (Warrior Queen), and King Ferdinand; convinced them he would look for newer, cheaper route to China other than Silk Road
Left on August 3, 1492 with 3 ships, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
On October 11, 1492, Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, landed in the West Indies.
Met native people, the Tainos, who lived throughout the Caribbean.
First stop may have been Bahama Island

10. "In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue"
Three ships; La Santa María, La Niña, and La Pinta sailed from Puerto de Palos on August 3, 1492.
October 12, land was sighted which he claimed for the king and queen of Spain
Many believe this island was one of the Bahamas islands
The natives that came to meet him were the Taino’s which Columbus called “Indians”
The name later referred to the native people of the Americas & the islands of this region called the West Indies

12. The Columbian Exchange
Columbus went back to the Americas three more times (4 total).
2nd time in 1493 took 17 more ships, settlers, animals, etc, to set up a colony for Spain
Colony – a settlement far from the country that rules it
Before long thousands of Europeans were living in colonies throughout the West Indies

13. The Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange – A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern & Western Hemisphere.
Europeans brought:
Horses
Cattle
Sheep
pigs
Europeans brought:
Corn
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Cocoa
beans
These changes helped the peoples of Europe, Africa, Asia, & the Americas
But not all effects of the Columbian exchange were positive…

14. The Columbian Exchange

15. The Columbian Exchange
Without knowing it, Europeans also brought disease germs to the Americas
Many Native Americans died because they had no natural defenses against these diseases like small pox and measles

16. Christopher Columbus
Many changes came to the native people of the West Indies
Tanios and other Native Americans forced to work on plantations (large farms) growing sugar cane
Spanish also wanted to bring Christianity, forcing many to give up their own beliefs
The result was the way of life of the Taino which we read at the begging of this lesson, as well as other groups of the Caribbean, disappeared.

17. QUESTION
Do you think the Columbian Exchange was beneficial to native peoples? Explain why or why not…

18. Explorers for Spain Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Vasco Balboa
Born in Italy
Led 4 voyages between 1492 & 1504
Amerigo Vespucci
Sailed to the eastern coast of South America in 1501
Vasco Balboa
Born in Spain
In 1513, crossed the Isthmus of Panama & reached the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
Born in Portugal
Led the first expedition around the world. Began in 1519 and ended in 1522

19. The Impact of Columbus
Western continents named after Amerigo Vespucci; went to South America in and knew it wasn’t India or China. Named it “New World”
NA tribes conquered (beaten in battle) by Euro’s; countries such as Spain, Portugal, England, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands had colonies by the 1600s
NA and Euro’s will fight over land for centuries

20. Lesson 1 Review: 1. Sequence of Events: Date Event 1492 1493 1501 1513
1519

21. Columbus’s First Voyage
Lesson 1 Review:
1. Sequence of Events:
Date
Event
1492
Columbus’s First Voyage
1493
1501
1513
1519

22. Lesson 1 Review: 1. Sequence of Events: Date Event 1492
Columbus’s First Voyage
1493
Columbus’s Second Voyage
1501
1513
1519

23. Lesson 1 Review: 1. Sequence of Events: Date Event 1492
Columbus’s First Voyage
1493
Columbus’s Second Voyage
1501
Amerigo Vespucci sails
1513
1519

24. Lesson 1 Review: 1. Sequence of Events: Date Event 1492
Columbus’s First Voyage
1493
Columbus’s Second Voyage
1501
Amerigo Vespucci sails
1513
Balboa sees the Pacific Ocean
1519

25. Lesson 1 Review: 1. Sequence of Events: Date Event 1492
Columbus’s First Voyage
1493
Columbus’s Second Voyage
1501
Amerigo Vespucci sails
1513
Balboa sees the Pacific Ocean
1519
Magellan's expedition

26. 2. Why did Ferdinand and Isabella agree to support Columbus?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. Why did Ferdinand and Isabella agree to support Columbus?

27. 2. Why did Ferdinand and Isabella agree to support Columbus?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. Why did Ferdinand and Isabella agree to support Columbus?
To find a quicker and cheaper way to the Indies

28. 3. What was the goal of Columbus’s second voyage?
Lesson 2 Review:
3. What was the goal of Columbus’s second voyage?

29. 3. What was the goal of Columbus’s second voyage?
Lesson 2 Review:
3. What was the goal of Columbus’s second voyage?
To start a colony that would bring profits for Spain

30. 4. How did the expeditions of Columbus lead to the Columbian Exchange?
Lesson 2 Review:
4. How did the expeditions of Columbus lead to the Columbian Exchange?

31. 4. How did the expeditions of Columbus lead to the Columbian Exchange?
Lesson 2 Review:
4. How did the expeditions of Columbus lead to the Columbian Exchange?
It exposed people to new plants, animals, and diseases. People wanted more of the new plants and animals.

32. Lesson 2 Review:
5. How might life in Europe and the Americas have been different if Columbus had not journeyed there?

33. Lesson 2 Review:
5. How might life in Europe and the Americas have been different if Columbus had not journeyed there?
POSSIBLE ANSWER: Europeans would not have enjoyed certain foods, nor had the wealth generated by the colonies. Native peoples would not have had certain animals, nor been exposed to diseases or forced to give up their traditional ways.