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SS5 Chapter 3 Lesson 3: Europeans Arrive in the Americas Christopher Columbus: -Italian -explores for Spain *has to ask King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella multiple times to get money to explore *takes 6 years to get the money -1492: 3 ships to find a way to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean *ends up exploring the Caribbean Ocean islands -he makes multiple trips back between Spain and the islands Columbian Exchange: -Ferdinand and Isabella continue to fund his trips to the Americas because they like the benefits they are getting 1. claim new land for Spain 2. get new resources/trade "partners" -this exchange of goods becomes known as the Columbian Exchange coffee, horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, bananas Americas Spain corn, potato, squash, peanuts, cacao, tomato -not all the exchange was positive-->Europeans also have a negative impact on the Native American peoples 1. disease 2. take over their land 3. take their natural resources 4. try to modernize/civilize them (clothes, religion, language) 5. kill them sometimes Exploration Continues: -Pedro Alverez Cabral *explores for Portugal *explores eastern coast of South America (Brazil) -Vasco Nunes de Balboa *explores for Spain *explores modern day Panama--claims the Pacific for Spain -Ferdinand Magellan *explores for Spain *his crew is the first to circumnavigate the globe--he dies in the Philippines and does not make it back to Spain