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Ch 1.5 Transatlantic Encounters

Ch 1.5 Transatlantic Encounters. MAIN IDEA As Europeans searched for sea routes to Asia, Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. WHY IT MATTERS NOW. Columbus’s journey permanently linked the Americas to the rest of the world. Christopher Columbus.

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Ch 1.5 Transatlantic Encounters

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  1. Ch 1.5 Transatlantic Encounters MAIN IDEA As Europeans searched for sea routes to Asia, Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.

  2. WHY IT MATTERS NOW • Columbus’s journey permanently linked the Americas to the rest of the world.

  3. Christopher Columbus • In 1492, he attempts to reach Asia by sailing west. • Meets Taino- natives of the Caribbean; renames their island San Salvador.

  4. Gold, Land, and Religion • Columbus searches for gold, claims lands for Spain, plants crosses. • Four voyages, brings soldiers, priests, and colonists. • Explores small islands and coastlines of Cuba and Hispaniola, then the mainland.

  5. Colonization • Establishing and controlling distant settlements • Europeans force locals to work, dominate with sophisticated weapons.

  6. Resistance and Conquest • Spanish put down rebellions on different islands.

  7. Disease Ravages the Native Americans • Natives have no natural immunity. • Contagious diseases kills hundreds of thousands, maybe millions.

  8. Slave Labor and Plantations • Large farms with single crop. • Since natives are dying, Africans brought to work in colonies. • Demands for workers grows, as for the prices of slaves. • Slave trade becomes profitable; more Europeans join slave trade. • Millions of taken from Africa.

  9. African Losses

  10. The Columbian Exchange • Transfer of plants animals between hemispheres. • Thousands of Europeans voluntarily migrate to America.

  11. National Rivalries • 1494, Treaty of Tordesillas divides Western Hemisphere: -Spanish gets west of the line -Portugal gets east, including Brazil. • Treaty unenforceable; English, Dutch, French colonize Americas.

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