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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration. Renaissance spirit of inquiry & curiosity about world outside of Europe Scientific advancements Gain direct access to rich Asian Spice trade. Find new sources of wealth Conquer & expand power Make Christianity dominant religion over Islam (Reconquista).

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Age of Exploration

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  1. Age of Exploration

  2. Renaissance spirit of inquiry & curiosity about world outside of Europe Scientific advancements Gain direct access to rich Asian Spice trade Find new sources of wealth Conquer & expand power Make Christianity dominant religion over Islam (Reconquista) Motives for Exploration

  3. Spanish Explorers Ferdinand Magellan Amerigo Vespucci Portuguese Explorers Christopher Columbus sailed with Spanish support & claimed lands for Spain - Vasco DeGama Exploration & Explorers Movie

  4. Line of Demarcation • Pope Alexander VI divided non-European world into 2 zones: Spain could trade & explore west of the line and Portugual east of the line • One year later, Spain & Portugual agree to move the line by the Treaty of Tordesillas

  5. Colonial Latin America • Spain’s colonies “New Spain” stretched from Southern modern day United States through Central America and all of Western South America to Brazil

  6. Encomienda System • Spanish law allowed its colonies only to trade with Spain • Take raw materials from colonies and send them to mother country- Spain • Send manufactured goods back to sell in the colonies • Use of slave labor to make greater profits

  7. Columbian Exchange

  8. Characteristics of a Hacienda • Large farms similar to plantations • Used slave labor, mostly native Americans & Africans • Planted cash-crops example sugar cane • Need for labor caused slave labor to increase during the 1700s-1800s

  9. Colonial Latin America • Top: Peninsulares- 100% Spanish born • Next to top: Creoles- European descent born in colonies • Middle: Mestizos-50% Native American/50% European • Middle: Mulattoes- 50% African/50% European • Bottom: Native Americans-100% • Bottom: African- 100%

  10. Causes Need for labor in New World plantations/forts Greed Impacts Loss of culture and traditions Civil war Death on crossing Families divided End of powerful African kingdoms African Slave Trade Movie

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