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Spain and Portugal Explore!

Spain and Portugal Explore!. Ms. Doyle – Unit 4. Day 2: Page 2: Spain and Portugal. WARM UP List 3 reasons why European countries explored. Which countries began exploration first? Why did countries colonize or imperialize?. Agenda: Warm Up Spain and Portugal Notes Timeline Diseases

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Spain and Portugal Explore!

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  1. Spain and Portugal Explore! Ms. Doyle – Unit 4

  2. Day 2: Page 2: Spain and Portugal WARM UP • List 3 reasons why European countries explored. • Which countries began exploration first? • Why did countries colonize or imperialize? Agenda: • Warm Up • Spain and Portugal Notes • Timeline • Diseases Homework: IDs and quiz Friday (all documents!)

  3. Europe encounters Africa, Asia, & the Americas -late 15th century (1400s) European counties rivaled each other for land and trade rights -charter companies like British East India Co. & Dutch East Indies Co. established monopolies (complete control of product or business) on trade * Set up trade posts along coast of Africa routing to Asia

  4. Columbian Exchange Increase demand for agricultural goods & disease that killed millions of natives = slaves from Africa

  5. Exploration of Spain & Portugal -1st to explore Americas, Africa, and Asia *location near coast was key -Spain gained Philippines -Portugal dominated trade in SE Asia Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain got all Americans except for what is Brazil today which went to Portugal

  6. Spanish colonialism • Conquistadores(Spanish explorers) were granted encomiendas (the right to demand labor from Native Americans) • Native Americans were forced to do labor on plantations (lg. farms using dependent labor) & in mines, along w/ new diseases from Europe, such as small pox, killed millions of natives • Spanish language & religion (Catholicism) were forced on natives • Missionaries came over to convert natives

  7. Spanish Colonialism • What was one of the major cash crops grown on plantations in S. America and the Caribbean that used forced labor? Social Structure in Spanish Colonies Based on hierarchy w/ Spanish on top • Peninsulares • Creoles • Mestizo • Mulatto • African slaves and Native Americans

  8. Portuguese Colonialism • Began w/ Prince Henry the Navigator • Increased profits from sugar cane in Brazil & discovery of gold/diamonds • Did not settle in lg. #s like Spanish • Class divisions based more on economics than race • Mixed native, African, and Portuguese • Increase in African slaves to work on plantations • Religious & Cultural beliefs of Africans mixed with Portuguese and local beliefs

  9. Day 2: Spain and Portugal Directions: Using your textbook, create a timeline on the following Spanish Explorers: • Vasco de Gama • Prince Henry • Bartolomeu Diaz • Columbus • Cortes • Francisco Pizarro Major Events to Include on Your Timeline: Big accomplishments When and where they explored 1400 1530

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