spain explores ponce de leon searched for the fountain of youth
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EXPLORE AND CONQUER
Spain Explores
Ponce De Leon Searched for the Fountain of Youth
Spain Explores De Soto explored the southeast US 1st to discover Mississippi Cruel to Native Americans
Spain Explorers Gellin’ like Magellan
1st to sail around the world!
His mission…to reach China/India
Spain Conquers
Cortes goes crazy! Conquers might Aztecs.
Technology helps: Guns, Steel, Horses, Diseases (small pox)
Spain Conquers
Coronado explores/conquers land in the Southwest US.
Searches for 7 cities of gold
New Spain Exploration gave the country of Spain great
wealth and resources. Their costs were greatly shadowed by the
millions $$ they benefited.
England Becomes Interested Spain becomes wealthy $$$$$ Wealth = Large Navy, More Troops,
More Guns.
The team with the
most bullets wins!!!
A Northwest Passage???
England believes the key to riches is not in making colonies but by getting to China/India
They feel that they can
accomplish this by sailing
through North America.
Henry Hudson
Sailed through North America searching for the Northwest passage.
Discovered the Hudson Bay
While stuck in the ice, out of food, and refusing to
turn back, his men forced him onto a small row boat
with his supporters.