european exploration and settlement: 1492-1607
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European Exploration and Settlement: 1492-1607. European Ideas and Events impacting North America. 1096- Crusades begin 1271- Marco Polo explores China Trade, plague ends feudalism, leads to Renaissance developments 1. rise of the city- banking, joint stock company, trade - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
European Exploration and Settlement: 1492-1607
European Ideas and Eventsimpacting North America
• 1096- Crusades begin• 1271- Marco Polo explores China• Trade, plague ends feudalism, leads to• Renaissance developments
1. rise of the city- banking, joint stock company, trade2. Nation-State supplants the Church3. Ideals of Renaissance= explorer4. New inventions, technology
Marco Polo Italian Explorer1254-1324
Main Trade Routes: 500-1500
Anxious investors wait for news about the South Sea Company, a joint stock company formed in London in 1711. Joint stock companies are a form of partnership in which each member, or stockholder, is financially responsible for the acts of the company.LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
After forcing many Jews to be baptized and then referring to them as "marranos" (i.e. swine), and after an Inquisition in which some 700 marranos were burnt at the stake for showing signs of "Jewish" taint, Spain expels all Jews from the country.
Spain, 1492
Zhu Di’s Map of the World, circa 1405
Shanhai Yudi Quantu Map, circa 1425
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Effects of the Columbus Voyages
1.America’s land led to end of feudalism2.Gold creates inflation – destabilizes European economy3.Political power shifts to Spain4.Treaty of Tordesillas (1492)
Great Biological Exchange
Old World to New World: New World to Old World:
Diseases:
Smallpox MeaslesChicken PoxMalariaYellow FeverInfluenzaThe Common Cold
Syphilis
Animals:
Horses CattlePigsSheepGoatsChickensHoneybeesEarthworms
TurkeysLlamasAlpacasGuinea Pigs
Plants: Rice WheatBarleyOatsCoffeeSugarcaneBananasMelonsOlivesDandelionsDaisiesCloverRagweedKentucky Bluegrass
Corn (Maize)Potatoes (White & Sweet Varieties)Beans (Snap, Kidney, & Lima Varieties)TobaccoPeanutsSquashPeppersTomatoesPumpkinsPineapplesCacao (Source of Chocolate)Chicle (Source of Chewing Gum)PapayasManioc (Tapioca)GuavasAvocados
Old World to New World New World to Old World
1494
Hernan CortesConquers Aztecs1519-1521
Cortes’ Conquests,1519-1521
Missions in North America
Red= Spanish
Yellow= French
Peter Minuit (Lynden) purchases Manhattan for trinkets worth $24, 1626
New Netherlands, 1661
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588