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The Founding of America

The Founding of America. 700-1690. Europe Encounters America. I. Vikings Arrive in America 1. Vikings originate from Scandinavia 2. 1000 AD Leif Erikson Arrives to America. Spain Sends Columbus West. A New Geography for the 1400s 1. Explorers knew the world was round

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The Founding of America

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  1. The Founding of America 700-1690

  2. Europe Encounters America • I. Vikings Arrive in America • 1. Vikings originate from Scandinavia • 2. 1000 AD Leif Erikson Arrives to America

  3. Spain Sends Columbus West A New Geography for the 1400s • 1. Explorers knew the world was round • 2. MuslimGeography

  4. B) Columbus’s Plan • According to Columbus Spain and India are close • Columbus gets Ferdinand and Isabella to pay for trip to Asia

  5. The First Voyage • Columbus found the Bahamas Hispanola and Cuba • Columbus thought the Indians had gold

  6. Columbus’s Later Voyages • 17 Ships send 1,200 colonists to the new world • Colonists wants to get rich, nobody wants to do work

  7. Spain Claims America • The Treaty of Tordesillas • Spain Gets half of the new world • Portugal gets half of the new world

  8. Naming America • 1) Columbus still thought he got toIndia • 2) Amerigo Vespucci thought otherwise

  9. Continuing Spanish Expeditions • Ponce De Leon “finds” Florida • Balboa “finds” Panama • Magellan “finds” the pacific

  10. IV) The Columbian Exchange • A) From America to Europe • 1) Corn Tobacco and Gum • 2) Potato and chocolate • V) From Europe to America • 1) Coffee and Oranges • 2) Horses and Guns

  11. The Spanish and French Build Empires • I) The conquest of Mexico • A) The Spanish encounter the Aztec • 1) Hernan Cortes 11 Ships 550 men and 16 horses take Mexico • 2) Smallpox takes the rest • B) The Invasion Begins • 1) Guns Germs and Steel • 2) Montezuma bows down

  12. C) Cortez Defeats the Aztec • 1) Tenochtitlan the island in the lake • 2) 4,000 slain by cannon and smallpox • II. New Spain Expands • A) Pizzaro Conquers the Incas • 1) Peru conquered • 2) Held the kings hostage

  13. B) Searching for cities of Gold • 1) constantly searching for gold • 2) Native Americans slayed for gold • C) The Spanish Settle the Southwest • 1) New Spain and New Mexico • 2) Missionary work

  14. III. Spanish American Society • A) The Encomienda System • 1) Commissioners as awards • 2) To convert and protect • B) A society based on class • 1) Spanish and Church • 2) Criollos- Spanish born in colonies • 3) Mestizos- mixed Spanish Native Americans

  15. C) Mining and Ranching • 1) No Gold but silver • 2) Cattle and sheep • IV) The French Empire in America • A) France Explores America • 1) 1600’s exploration starts • 2) New land/new resources

  16. B) New France is founded • 1) Fur Trade is huge • 2) From Nova Scotia to New Orleans • C) Life in New France • 1) Fur Traders and Black robes • 2) Good relationships with Indians

  17. V. New France Expands • A) Exploring the Mississippi • 1) Jesuits • 2) Up and down the river • B) Settling Louisiana • 1) Mobile and New Orleans • 2) Too hot to work…..

  18. C) Rivalry with Spain • 1) Too close together • 2) Constantly fighting

  19. Homework • How was America Settled? • One paragraph • T.A.G. the assignment

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