European Colonization and Empire Building October 15 2010

European Colonization and Empire Building October 15, 2010

PORTUGAL • Who: Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartholomew Dias, Vasco de Gama • Where: Cape of Good Hope (Dias), Around the tip of Africa to India (de Gama), Brazil in South America, Japan • When: 1419 -1494 & 1494 -1580 (Height of the Empire) • Why: Spices & Spread Religion

SPAIN • Who: Christopher Columbus, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Hernan Cortez, Francisco Pizarro • Where: Central America, most of South America, Mexico, and Southwestern United States • When: 1492, 15 th and 16 th century • Why: Spices, find gold and silver, spread religion

FRANCE • Who: Jacques Cartier & Samuel Champlain (St. Lawrence River Valley), Louis Joliet, Jacques Marquette, & Sieur La Salle (Mississippi River Valley), Sieur de Bienville (New Orleans) • Where: St. Lawrence River Valley, Mississippi River Valley, New Orleans • When: 1600’s • Why: Money and land

ENGLAND • Who: John Cabot • Where: Caribbean, Northern coast of South America, Eastern coast of North America, United States, Canada, India, and Australia • When: 1497 & 1600’s • Why: Land, money, wealth, and power

European Colonization • What are the causes of European exploration and colonization? • What are the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator?