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Aim: How did European exploration change the world?

Aim: How did European exploration change the world?. Why did Columbus leave Spain and head for China?. Why did he go west?. I. Search for a water route to Asia. A. Crusades increase trade B. Turks conquer Constantinople C. Italian city-states controlled Mediterranean trade

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Aim: How did European exploration change the world?

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  1. Aim: How did European exploration change the world?

  2. Why did Columbus leave Spain and head for China? • Why did he go west?

  3. I. Search for a water route to Asia • A. Crusades increase trade • B. Turks conquer Constantinople • C. Italian city-states controlled Mediterranean trade • D. Portugal seeks a water route • 1. Prince Henry the Navigator (early 15th c.) • 2. Bartholomew Diaz 1488 • 3. Vasco da Gama 1498 • E. Isabella and Ferdinand finance Columbus’ 1492 voyage

  4. II. Results of Columbus’ voyages • A. Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 • B. Spanish empire • 1. Viceroy=king’s representative • 2. encomienda system • 3. “Black Legend” • 4. “gold, glory, God” • C. Age of Discovery • D. Commercial Revolution • E. Columbian Exchange • F. Trans Atlantic slave trade

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