Bellringer What are three main reasons that Europeans

Bellringer • What are three main reasons that Europeans explored the Americas? Examples of each?

Exploration Commercial You have been hired as a team by a major TV network to promote their mini-series “Explorers!” about those who first explored the Americas in the 1500’s. As part of the promotion, you are to make a commercial covering the reasons for exploration. The specifications they have given you are: Should cover all of the reasons why Europeans explored the Americas in as much detail as possible(6 points total) Should be exciting/creative/interesting (no points, but try) Should promote the new show, “Explorers!” (4 points) Write down your script and rehearse until it is time to perform it.

Vocabulary • Primary Source – a source from someone who was at the event being studied • Secondary Source- a source created after the event by someone who was not there

5 W’s – Questions to ask any source you see • Who created it? • Why was it created? • When was it created? • Where was it created? • What is it about?

Vocabulary • Conquistador – Spanish Explorer and Conquerer • Columbian Exchange –the exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas and diseases between the old and new world • Immunity – resistance to disease

Exit Discussion • What are some examples of things your skit did well? • What could have gone better? • What changes could you/your group made to make your skit better?

Bellringer • Do you think God, Gold or Glory was the strongest reason to explore? Why?

Bellringer • What do you think happened to colonies once the Spanish took control?

Essential Question: What happens when cultures interact? • Objectives: • Identify the impacts of colonization • Evaluate whether those effects were positive or negative

Spanish Colonies Notes

Why did Spain Explore? • Searching for a trade route to India • New technology – compasses, caravels (ships), better maps, astrolabes • European countries were more centralized and powerful. • How would new technology help them explore? • Why would more centralization encourage exploration?

Important Conquistadors • Christopher Columbus – discovered the Americas, but thought it was India • • • Amerigo Vespucci – concluded that it was NOT India – “America” Ferdinand Magellan – Circumnavigated the globe Hernan Cortes – Conquered the Aztecs/Mexico Franscisco Pizzaro – Conquered the Inca/Peru Which of these do you think is the most important?

Why Spain Won • Guns, steel weapons and armor

Why Spain Won • Horses

Why Spain Won • Native Allies – helped against hated rulers

Why Spain Won • Germs – natives had no immunity to European diseases

Spain’s Empire • Treaty of Tordesillas - Spain was granted all of the America’s (except Brazil) by the Pope • By 1600 was the largest empire in the world

Life in the Spanish Colonies • Encomiendasland grant and labor system • Missions (churches) and forts on the frontiers

Life in the Spanish Colonies • Most colonies focused on gaining wealth through mines or plantations • Conquistadors enslaved natives and treated them cruelly • Bartolome de Las Casas fought for laws to protect natives • Africans used instead on plantations

New World Paragraph • Based on the notes and the simulation, write a paragraph on the question below. Include a thesis and support it with evidence from today’s class. • • Was colonization overall good or bad for the New World? Grading: 4 points – Claim/thesis 6 points – At least 3 reasons that support thesis w/explanation