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8/31/2015 1 Causes of European exploration Why did European Countries want colonies in the Americas? Asking Questions and Making Inferences On a sheet of notebook paper: 1. What information in the document catches your attention? 2. What questions can you ask that will help you make this information more meaningful? 3. What conclusions or inferences can be drawn from the questions? 4. What evidence supports your inference?
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Causes of European
exploration
Why did European
Countries want
colonies in the
Americas?
Asking Questions and Making Inferences
On a sheet of notebook paper: 1. What information in the document catches your
attention?
2. What questions can you ask that will help you make this information more meaningful?
3. What conclusions or inferences can be drawn from the questions?
4. What evidence supports your inference?
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“Christopher Columbus Departs Spain for the New World, 1492”
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Causes of European
exploration
Why did European
Countries want
colonies in the
Americas?
Cornell Notes
► Draw a horizontal line along the top line of the paper
► Draw a horizontal line about 5 or 6 lines up from the bottom of the paper
► Draw a vertical line “3 fingers” from the left red margin line connecting the 2 horizontal lines
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►Desire for wealth from trade
►Spread Christianity throughout New World
►Competition for National Power that came from the wealth
Made countries to desire more trade
Trade Routes ►Crusades opened up
the Far East using the Middle East
►Italians controlled the monopoly with the Middle East
Italians got rich while Europe protested
►Europeans searched for new trade routes
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EUROPEAN SPICE TRADE
• New ships
– Caravel
• Navigation tools
– Compass
– Astrolabe
– Sextant
• Spread of knowledge
– Printing press
New Technology
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►Portugal
►Spain
►France
►England
►The Netherlands
Mercantilism
► Colonies exist to make profit for European country
► Favorable balance of trade
Colony produces raw materials for the country
Colony buys finished product from the country
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Portugal
►Invented caravel
►First to map all water route to Asia around Africa
►Columbus sailed west to find Asia
►Granted territory by Treaty of Tordesillas
► Spanish conquistadors claimed much of America
Expanding Spain's empire
Searching for riches
Converting natives to Catholocism
►Colonies
New Spain
Peru
Spain
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FRANCE
►Sought the Northwest Passage
►Cartier
Explored the St. Lawrence River
►Established fur trade
►Colony
New France – Champlain & Quebec
►Sought Northwest Passage
►John Cabot
Newfoundland, Canada
►Henry Hudson
Hudson Bay
►Established fishing trade
ENGLAND
