Exploration Causes The Renaissance Prince Henry the Navigator

Exploration • Big Names – Marco Polo – Christopher Columbus – Amerigo Vespucci –

Exploration becomes Colonization! • Reasons – Competition in Europe – Larger Populations – Desire

Comparing Colonizing Powers • Spain – Began in the late 1400’s, early 1500’s –

Comparing Colonizing Powers • France – Began in the 1500’s – Sent over members

Timeline of British Colonization • 1587: Roanoke Island – Sir Walter Raleigh • 1588:

Key Colonies Jamestown – Location – Key People • Smith • Rolfe • Pocahontas

Key Colonies Plymouth – Location – Key People • William Bradford – Known for

Key Colonies Massachusetts Bay – Location – Key People • John Winthrop – Known

Key Colonies Rhode Island – Location – Key People • Roger Williams • Anne

Key Colonies Pennsylvania – Location – Key People • William Penn – Known for

Key Colonies Georgia – Location – Key People • James Oglethorpe – Known for

How Geography Played a Role… The key parts of the: – Southern Colonies –

Wrap-up Discussion Questions 1. How do you think the world would be different without

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Exploration • Causes: – The Renaissance – Prince Henry the Navigator – Better technology – Stability in Europe

Exploration • Big Names – Marco Polo – Christopher Columbus – Amerigo Vespucci – Ferdinand Magellean • SPAIN AND PORTUGAL!!!

Columbian Exchange

Exploration becomes Colonization! • Reasons – Competition in Europe – Larger Populations – Desire for wealth and religious conversions • Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Tordesillas

Comparing Colonizing Powers • Spain – Began in the late 1400’s, early 1500’s – Used their military to CONQUER the native peoples and used them as slaves – Sought to take wealth OUT! – Tried to force conversion of the native people • Portugal – Began in the late 1400’s, early 1500’s – Used their military to CONQUER the native peoples and used them as slaves – Sought to take wealth OUT!

Comparing Colonizing Powers • France – Began in the 1500’s – Sent over members of the military to set up trading stations – Utilized the native peoples as allies- had the best relationship with them among ANY colonizing power • Great Britain – Began in the late 1500’s- mainly due to internal instability by Henry VIII – Created “mini-Englands” with their citizens rather than members of their military – Sought to use their colonies as sources of raw materials

Map of Early Colonization

Timeline of British Colonization • 1587: Roanoke Island – Sir Walter Raleigh • 1588: Spanish Armada Defeat • 1606: Virginia Company formed • 1607: Jamestown – First permanent English colony

Key Colonies Jamestown – Location – Key People • Smith • Rolfe • Pocahontas – Known for • Anglo-Powhatan War • Tobacco • House of Burgesses

Key Colonies Plymouth – Location – Key People • William Bradford – Known for • Mayflower Compact • Pilgrims

Key Colonies Massachusetts Bay – Location – Key People • John Winthrop – Known for • “A City Upon a Hill” • Religious Intolerance • Puritans

Key Colonies Rhode Island – Location – Key People • Roger Williams • Anne Hutchinson – Known for • “Sewer of New England” • Religious Tolerance • Most Democratic

Key Colonies Pennsylvania – Location – Key People • William Penn – Known for • Quakers • Tolerance • Bread

Key Colonies Georgia – Location – Key People • James Oglethorpe – Known for • Debtor’s Prison • Buffer Zone

How Geography Played a Role… The key parts of the: – Southern Colonies – Northern (New England) Colonies – Middle Colonies

Wrap-up Discussion Questions 1. How do you think the world would be different without the Spanish Armada Defeat occuring? 2. Which explorer do you think was the most beneficial to exploration? Why? 3. If you could go back in time to any colony, which would it be? Why? 4. What questions do you still have?