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The Age of Discovery
• At the end of the Renaissance new technology
made oceanic exploration possible for the 1st
time.
• European countries like Spain, Portugal,
England, France, and the Netherlands explored
and colonized places around the world.
NEW World and OLD World
• During the Age of Discovery people from
all over the world interacted for the 1st time
in world history.
• Old World= Europe, Asia, and Africa.
• New World = The Americas.
Why did Europeans Explore?
For: GOD, GLORY, AND GOLD
GOD
• EUROPEANS WANTED TO SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY AROUND THE WORLD
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT OTHER
RELIGIONS WERE NOT AS GOOD.
God
• THEY WANT TO CONVERT (CHANGE)
THE RELIGION OF NON-CHRISTIANS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE AMERICAS AND
AFRICA.
GLORY
• MANY EXPLORERS WANT TO BECOME
FAMOUS FOR ALL OF HISTORY.
• MAKING A NEW DISCOVERY WAS AN
EASY WAY TO BECOME FAMOUS AND
POWERFUL.
GOLD
• MANY EUROPEANS WERE GREEDY
AND WANTED TO GET RICH BY
DISCOVERY GOLD AND OTHER
VALUABLE RESOURCES AROUND THE
WORLD.
Gold=Power
• EUROPE BECAME THE RICHEST AND
MOST POWERFUL CONTINENT IN THE
WORLD DURING AND AFTER THE AGE
OF EXPLORATION.
Trade
• The Europeans set up a system of TransAtlantic Trade Routes.
• These trade routes helped them become
even richer.