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Narrative Part III
12.What is the massive exchange of goods
between the Old World and New World
called? Who is it named after?
13.What are the four major things
Europeans were introduced to in the
New World?
14.Why did European colonizers begin
using African slaves?
15.What trade route connected Europe,
West Africa, and the Americas? Slaves
were traded on which part of the route?
INFLUENCE OF
EXPLORATION NOTES
Why did Europeans explore?
• Long trade relationship with Asia
suffered with the fall of
Constantinople in 1453.
• Rather than cutting through Eurasia,
Europeans now turned towards the
Atlantic front in search of new trade
routes.
• The demand for natural resources
didn’t fall with Constantinople.
3 Motivators of Exploration
• God
–Spread of Christianity
• Gold
–And other natural resources
• Glory
–Political and economic
strength
Spread of Religion
• Colonists – Individuals who form
a settlement ruled by a parent
country, and take religion with
them!
• Example – the original 13 colonies!
• Christianity
– Christian persecution in Europe caused
Protestants to seek refuge in a “new world.”
• Roman Catholicism
– French North America (Quebec)
– Spanish Empire (Mexico-South America)
– Portuguese Empire (Brazil)
Essential Question 1
What were the effects of
European migration
and settlements on the
Americas, Africa, and
Asia?
Exploration in The Americas
• Establishment of colonies.
– Colonies – support the mother country!
– Colonies imitate and spread the culture and
society of the mother-country.
• Demise of Aztec and Inca Empires
– Rigid class system and dictatorial rule in
Latin America (still exists!)
• Forced migration of Africans who had
been enslaved.
Exploration in Africa
• Establishment of European Trading
Posts along the coast.
– Dutch Settlement in South Africa.
– French Settlements on the Western Coast.
• Increased trade.
– Gold, silver, resources
– Slaves
Exploration in Asia
• Colonization
– Dutch (people of The Netherlands)
establish the Dutch East India Company.
• Led to a Dutch monopoly in sugar, spices, coffee,
and tea trading.
– British (people of England/Britain) establish
the British East India Company.
• British eventually pushed out all other traders
(Dutch, French, Portuguese)
Essential Question 2
What was the impact of
the Columbian
Exchange between
European and
indigenous cultures?
Columbian Exchange
• Western Hemisphere agricultural
products such as corn, potatoes, and
tobacco changed European lifestyles.
• European horses and cattle changed
the lifestyles of American Indians.
• European diseases like smallpox
devastate indigenous population (Native
Americans/ Indians).
Smallpox
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange
Effects of Columbian
Exchange
• Cash Crops
• Racial Slavery
• Oh, cash crops!
• Plantation System
• Slaves
C.R.O.P.S.
• Cash Crops
– Certain crops guarantee more cash than
others.
• Racial Slavery
– African prisoners become slaves (racial).
• Oh, cash crops!
– Cotton, tobacco, coffee, and sugar.
C.R.O.P.S.
• Plantation System
– Used to increase cash crop production
– Destroyed indigenous economies &
environments.
• Slavery
– African Slaves used for work on plantations.
Essential Question 3
What was triangular
trade?
Triangular Trade
Trade between European
Nations, African Colonies, and
the New World leads to
Triangular Trade.
Europe sends
manufactured goods
(textiles, rum) to
Africa.
America sends
natural resources
(cotton, tobacco,
sugar) to Europe.
The Middle Passage
SLAVES
Africa sends slaves to
America based upon
race.
Triangular Trade
Essential Question 4
What was the impact of
precious metal exports
from the Americas?
Precious Metals
• Spain
– Gold and silver flow in from the colonies,
making Spain the richest and most powerful
nation in the 16th Century.
– The riches (bullion) simply passed through
the nation to buy other resources.
• Indigenous Populations
– Ancient empires like the Aztec and Inca are
brutally destroyed in the pursuit of gold and
silver.
Precious Metals
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• The World
– Taxes and inflation increase
– Non-Spanish countries seek a better
economy.
• Spain
– Inflation – the more money a country has,
the less it is worth; leads to higher prices!
– Higher prices in Spain = Shopping elsewhere
– Shopping elsewhere = Spanish economy
shrinks; other’s grow.
– Emigration (move out) from Spain.
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