World History Ch 15-16
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Portugual Prince - embodied the crusading drive & new spirit of exploration
-hoped to expand Christianity & find new sources of gold - Henry the Navigator
- 1497 led 4 ships around Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa) - 10 month voyage
- Vasco da Gama
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Italian navigator from Genoa
wanted to reach Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic - Christopher Columbus
- Portugese Noble left Spain with 5 ships. Fleet reached coast of S. America. Looked for passage to Pacific ocean
- Ferdinand Magellan
- 1513 - hacked a passage through the tropical forests of Panama
- Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Conquistador - 1560 - Landed in Mexico. Was helped by young Indian woman (Dona Maria)
- Hernan Cortes
- Aztec emperor. Welcomed Cortes. Aztecs drove Spanish from city Killed in fighting
- Montezuma
- Arrived in Peru in 1532. Captured Atahualpa.
- Francisco Pizarro
- Priest - spoke out against ecomienda system
- Bartolme de las Casas
- Explorer, cartographer - first governor of Quebec. "Father of New France" Explored waterways of New France (St. Lawrence River
- Samuel de Champlain
- Catholic King late 1600s. Prohibited Protestants from settling in New France.
- King Louis XIV
- Kingdom led by Osei Tutu
- Asante
- Scholar and Preacher denounced the corruption of the local Hausa rulers
- Usman dan Fodio
- Separates non-European world - Spain/Portugal
- Line of Demarcation
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First to arrive in SE Asia
Conquered Malacca in 1511
Very violent & destructive -
Portugal
(Europe in SE Asia) -
First to challenge Portuguese
took Malacca in 1641
trade brought great wealth back to Europe -
Dutch
(Europe in SE Asia) -
Took over the Phillipines (1521)
tried to convert Filipinos to Christianity -
Spain
(Europe in SE Asia) - India remained independed (1526-1700's)
- Mughal dynasty
- CanadA
- New France
- 13 Colonies
- Georgia, SC/NC, MD MASS, RI, CONN, VA,
- Guidelines for governing North American Colony (Agreement)
- Mayflower Compact
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Founded in 1607
Became thriving American Colony - Jamestown
- Britain and France became rivals for power - Warm from 1754 to 1763
- French & Indian War
- Officially ended world wide war (1763)
- Treaty of Paris
- Triangular trade of slaves between Africa, West Indies to European colonies
- Slave trade
- Columbus brought foods,animals, and Europeans to the Americas. This spread disease and epidemic to adversely affect the economy
- global exchange
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Upsurge in prices (inflation
Growth of capitalism as traders & entrepreneurs began taking siks with money & goods
British East India Co - Commercial Revolution
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Believed that nation's wealth lay in gold & silver
gold was found in colonies
tariffs were imposed to protect local industries - mercantilism
- map makers
- cartographer
- instrument discovered by ancient greeks - perfected by the Arabs to determine their latitude at sea
- astrolable
- combined the square sails of European ships w/Arab lateen, or triangular sails
- caravel
- disease caused by lack of vitamin c in their diets during months at sea
- scurvy
- sail around the world
- circumnavigate