Motivations, Obstacles, & Accomplishments - USI.4a
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Motivations, Obstacles, & Accomplishments - USI.4a
Hmmm... "What's over there?" said Europe
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The Capture of Constantinople ----->
European Kingdoms must now find a new route to trade with Asia and Africa.
They can no longer use the Silk Road to become rich quickly
The Silk Road was like a highway made for traders
So what will they do?
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The First European Explorers
Other than this guy ------------------>
(but that's a story for another day)
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The First European Explorers
During the 1400s, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal had a new ship designed called a caravel.
This ship made sailing and exploring much easier
The Caravel, along with some extra money from Prince Henry gave the Portuguese an advantage.
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The First European Explorers continued...
The Portuguese decided to
- explore the African coast by sailing south
- & build a new trade network to help them become wealthy
They carried goods from Europe to West African empires and sailed further and further around Africa each trip.
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The First European Explorers continued...
The Portuguese traded with West Africa including Songhai who had taken over Mali's territory
The Portuguese traded metals, cloth, and other manufactured goods to coastal traders in Africa in exchange for African gold.
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The First European Explorers continued...
Portugal turned their kingdom into an empire by building forts and trading posts around the coast of Africa. They now controlled this entire trade route!
The Kingdoms of England, France, and Spain heard of Portugal's success and decided to start financing their own trips but looked for a new direction to set sail.
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These European Kingdoms thought they could reach Asia by selling West and have a faster trading route than Portugal. By the 1500s CE, what was once unknown becomes...
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The New World
These explorers discovered land after sailing West from Europe and some thought they had landed in the area of Asia called India. (Indians)
Once they realized they had landed on these new continents instead, they began calling it the new world but it took awhile for them to get the maps right...
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The Age of Exploration
In order to better understand what happened during this time period of European Exploration, we break it down into 3 parts.
1. The Motivations for Exploration
2. The Obstacles to Exploration
3. The Accomplishments of Exploration
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The Motivations for Exploration
GOD = Motivated by spreading Christianity as well as their culture
GOLD = Motivated by increasing their wealth by finding GOLD or trading
GLORY = Motivated by expanding their country’s empire which brings them glory
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The Obstacles to Exploration
1. Poor maps and navigation tools
2. Lack of adequate supplies
3. Disease and starvation
4. Fear of the unknown
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Accomplishments of Exploration
(European Perspective)
1. The exchange of goods and ideas
between Europeans and American Indians
2. Europeans improved their maps
and navigational tools
3. Claiming new territory for
their country
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