New Empires in the Americas

1. New Empires in the Americas

2. #1 Learning target I can summarize early Viking and Portuguese Explorations.

3. #2 Learning target I can evaluate Christopher Columbus’s contributions to the discovery of the New World.

4. #3 Learning target I can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

5. #4 Learning target I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

6. #5 Learning target I can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

7. Bell Ringer • How did the Columbian Exchange promote more interest in the Americas?

8. #3 Learning target I can explain how the Spanish explored and colonized the Americas.

9. Conquistadors:Hernan Cortes • Cuba to Tenochtitlan • Gold & silver of Aztecs • Gave gifts and headdress on Cortes • God from East? • Invited to a feast • 1000’s of warriors vs 600 men, 16 horses, 14 cannon, armor and guns • Made alliances with other tribes • ¾ of natives die of smallpox Moctezuma

10. Small Pox Between the US and Mexico 90% of Native Americans died of diseases

11. Conquistadors:Francisco Pizarro • Inca Empire • Armor • Horses • Alliances with natives • Disease • Forced natives to work on Spanish plantations

12. Ponce de Leon (1508-1512) • Conquered Puerto Rico • Discovered gold • Roamed Florida for Fountain of Youth

13. Spanish Explorations in USA

14. Bell Ringer • How did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?

15. #4 Learning target I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

16. English Explorations • Northwest Passage – sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific • John Cabot (1497-1498) • English claim to North America • Henry Hudson (1609-1610) • Sailed for Dutch (Netherland) and English • Found Hudson Bay

17. English Colony • Roanoke, 1587 (NC,VA) • 150 colonists • Virginia Dare • Back to England for supplies • Colony Lost – only Croatoan remained

18. Bell Ringer • Describe Henry Hudson and John Cabot’s explorations to North America.

19. #4 Learning target I can describe how the English and French explored and colonized North America.

20. French Explorations • Jacques Cartier (1534-1535) • Looking for Northwest Passage • St. Lawrence River • French claim to North America

21. French Colony • Samuel Chaplain (1608) • Colonized Quebec • Rene-Robert de La Salle (1682) • Found Mississippi River and est. small towns (Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans) • Fur traders and good to natives

22. Bell Ringer What areas of the US did France, England, and Spain claim?

23. #5 Learning target I can assess why African slaves were forced to work in the colonies.

24. Natives as Slaves • Needed slaves for tobacco and sugarcane • Dying from disease (90%) • Able to flee

25. African Slave Trade • Middle Passage – trip from Africa to Americas • Largest forced migration • 10 million slaves from 1520-1860 • Sent across the New World • Brazil • Caribbean • North America

26. US Slave Trade • From different parts of Africa • Family and religious life very important

27. La Amistad • Mutiny on board a slave ship • Notice the cramped quarters/shackles • How did the Africans want the ship to sail?

28. Bell Ringer • Why were millions of Africans forced into slavery in the Americas?

29. Explorers • Draw a map of the explorers route. Discuss the purpose of the voyage. What country did they sail for? What was the outcome of the voyage? (15 minutes) • Vikings - Flipbook • John Cabot – pg 56 • Christopher Columbus - Flipbook • La Salle – pg 56 • Bartolomeu Dias - Flipbook • Jacques Cartier – pg 56 • Ferdinand Magellan - Flipbook • Vasco da Gamma - Flipbook • Henry Hudson – pg 56 • Amerigo Vespucci - Flipbook

30. Bell Ringer • Write 2 review questions (with answers) you think will be on your test.