Do you think we should celebrate Columbus day

Do you think we should celebrate Columbus day? Why or why not? 10/14/19 ¿Crees que deberíamos celebrar el día de Colón? ¿Por qué o por qué no?

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE… GOOD OR BAD? Positive Impacts Negative Impacts Ø New foods were introduced that helped people live longer. Ø European diseases wiped out much of the Native American population in the New World. Ø New animals were introduced that made life easier for the people. Ø Many of the Native Americans were enslaved and lost their land to the Europeans.

Who benefited more from the Columbian Exchange in the first one hundred years, the Old World or the New World?

• The Old World benefited more because they got most of the land in the New World along with new resources. Gold and silver mines in the New World were so productive they altered European economies forever • The population in the Old World also increased because of the new crops that came from the New World. (corn and potatoes) • In the New World, the indigenous people had their land taken away and many were enslaved. Their population greatly decreased.

Missionary Efforts during the Age of Exploration • Christianity has a long tradition of spreading their beliefs through missions • New land + new people = new opportunities for conversion • Missionary efforts were met with resistance in many places • Spread disease incidentally and destroyed native cultures • We must view this through our historical lens, most missionaries thought they were doing a great thing for people

Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conq uista dore s Perm a Sett nent lers M is s io na ri es Official European Colony!

TRIANGULAR TRADE Raw Materials such as

Spain • Pope Alexander VI divided the New World in 1493/94 with The Treaty of Tordesillas – established a Line of Demarcation that separated Spanish (everything west of the line) and Portuguese (everything east of the line) • The line was redrawn in 1494 to benefit Portugal more than the original line did. • Portugal colonized Brazil and pushed the western boundary well past the line over time • Brazil gained independence from Portugal in 1822 but Portuguese is still the national language

Trade Companies • Private companies authorized by the government to have a monopoly over trade • Mostly involved in the spice trade with India • Dutch East India Company-formed in 1602 to handle trade in the Indian Ocean and assist in the war of independence with Spaindissolved in 1799 • British East India Company- formed after the defeat of the Spanish Armada (fleet of warships) by the British in 1588 -handled British trade interests in the east-lasted until 1873