Age+of+Exploration+(1450-1700)+and+Colonization

Emi Wong

**//Analyze the changes in the European economy from about 1450 to 1700 brought about by the voyages of exploration and by colonization. Give specific examples.//**

Thesis: The explorations of Vasco de Gama of Portugal, who brought back ginger and cinnamon to Europe, and the colonization in Latin America by Spain, brought back many new offerings to the European economy, allowing much success.

Voyages of Exploration


 * 1) **Prince Henry the Navigator** - sought Christian Kingdom as an ally against Muslims; acquiring trade opposition for Portugal; extending Christianity
 * 2) He traveled to the Spice Islands and West Africa
 * 3) Impacts on the European economy - imported slaves for slave trade; made contact with Bakongo
 * 4) **Vasco d Gama** - went around Africa to find a new route to the Indian Ocean; sailed for Portugal
 * 5) He traveled to the Spice Islands, Goa, and Calicut of India
 * 6) Impacts on the European economy - rounded the Cape, reached port of Calicut of India, where the found spices such as ginger and cinnamon: new goods to sell/trade in Europe
 * 7) **Christopher Columbus** - reached Asia by sailing west on the Atlantic; traveled for Spain
 * 8) He traveled to the Bahamas, South America, and the Carribean
 * 9) Impacts on the European economy - founded America and the New World. This was very important to Europe because there were the question of how much gold, riches, food items, etc. that could be found in the New World
 * 10) **John Cabot** - sailed to explore the Americas and claim it for Spain; traveled for Spain and King Henry
 * 11) He traveled to the Americas
 * 12) Impact on European economy - first person to travel and map the Americas, thus allowing more people to travel to the Americas and bring back goods to Europe
 * 13) **Ferdinand Magellan** - claimed the Spice Islands for Spain; traveled for Spain
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He traveled to the Spice Islands and the Philippines
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Impact on the European economy - circumnavigated the world, learned about expanses of the Pacific Ocean

Colonization


 * 1) During the 1600s, English colonists began to move into into eastern Canada, which led to war break outs between the English and the French. From 1689 to 1763, four wars were fought over American territory
 * 2) One of those wars includes the Seven Year War (a.k.a. the French and Indian War). The wars were fought over the colonial empires
 * 3) The Diplomatic Revolution was when Britain and France fought over the colonies, and Austria and Prussia were fighting over Silesia during this time. France allies with Austria, and Britain allied with Prussia.
 * 4) The alliances and the Diplomatic Revolution officially end the Habsburg and the Valois-Bourbons feud.
 * 5) William Pitt the Elder said the destruction of the French colonial empire was necessary for the creation of Britain's own colonial empire.
 * 6) With the Treaty of Paris, French ceded Canada and lands east of the Mississippi to Britain. by 1763, Britain had become the world's greatest colonial power.
 * 7) Spain set up colonies in the Americas and also took over the Incan Empire. The Incans died of small pix and other diseases brought by the Europeans
 * 8) The Spanish Encomienda was a system that permitted conquering Spaniards to collect tribute from natives and use them as laborers, and in return the natives were to receive protection. However, they received none at all. Declared by Queen Isabella
 * 9) Treaty of Tordesilla - newly discovered worlds split between Portugal and Spain

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