US History- Europe Looks Outward

1. Europe Looks Outward
Chapter 2

2.  1. The Age of Exploration
 2. Spain’s Empire in the Americas
 3. Europeans Compete in North America
 4. France and the Netherlands in North America
Chapter 2 Lessons

3.  What were the causes and effects of European
exploration of the Americas?
Chapter Essential Question

4.  Christopher Columbus
 Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 Ferdinand Magellan
 Strait
 Circumnavigate
Section 1:
The Age of Exploration
Vocabulary and People

5.  1963- Viking settlement found in Newfoundland
 1001- Leif Erikson and others sailed from Greenland and spent
winter on Vinland
 The Voyages of Columbus
 Born in Genoa, Italy
 Went to Portugal to sail on Portuguese ships, study maps and
charts, and learn about the world beyond Europe
 Believed he could sail East across the Atlantic Ocean to reach
Asia
 Portugal refused to finance his trip so he went to the King and
Queen of Spain
First Visitors from Europe

6.  Setting Sail
 August 1492- sailed with 90 men and 3 ships, the Nina,
the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
 Covered about 170 miles a day
 Predicted he would reach Asia in 21 days
 October 12- made landfall and claimed land for Spain
 Named the islanders Indians
 Sailed southwest to a large island he thought was Japan
 Cuba
 Then sailed to Hispaniola
 Set sail for return to Spain in January 1493
First Visitors from Europe, cont.

7.  Spain Backs More Voyages
 September 1493- 17 ships and 1,500 soldiers, settlers, and priests
 Planned to colonize the West Indies and convert people to
Christianity
 Columbus discovered other islands such as Puerto Rico
 Men he left behind on Hispaniola were killed by natives
 Enslaved natives to dig for gold
 Sent 12 ships back to Spain with gold, trinkets and captives
 1498- Reached northern coast of South America
 Thought it was the Asian mainland
 1502- returned to try and prove the land he found was Asia
 Died in 1506 convinced the land he found was Asia
First Visitors from Europe, cont.

8.  Amerigo Vespucci- Italian explorer
 Was convinced that lands were NOT Asia
 More densely populated and full of animals
 German mapmaker labeled area “the land of Amerigo”
on maps, later shortened to America
 1510- Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Spanish explorer
 Explored the Caribbean coast of Panama
 Became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
The Continuing Search for Asia

9.  September 1519- Ferdinand Magellan- Portuguese
 Looking for an Atlantic-Pacific passage
 Moved down the South American coast looking for a strait
 Encountered new animals never seen before (penguins)
 Found a passage near the tip of Argentina (Strait of Magellan)
 Battled winds, tides and currents for 38 days to reach Pacific Ocean
 Reached Philippine Islands where he and some others were
killed
 September 1522- one of his ships returned to Spain
 Three years after the trip began, 18 men became the first to
circumnavigate the Earth
The Continuing Search for Asia, cont.

10. The Columbian Exchange

11.  Conquistador
 Hernando Cortes
 Moctezuma
 Plantation
 Encomienda
 Bartolome de Las Casas
 Mission
 Peninsular
Section 2: Spain’s Empire in the
Americas
Vocabulary and People

12. Spanish Conquistadors

13. Spanish Conquistadors, cont.

14. Spanish Explorers in North America

15. Colonizing Spanish America

16.  Mercantilism
 John Cabot
 Northwest Passage
 Henry Hudson
Section 3: Europeans Compete in
North America
Vocabulary and People

17. Conflicts in Europe

18. Conflicts in Europe, cont.

19. Asia Continues to Beckon

21.  Samuel de Champlain
 Coureur de bois
 Jacques Marquette
 Alliance
Section 4: France and the
Netherlands in North America
Vocabulary and People

22. New France

23. New France, cont.

24. New Netherland

25. The Impact on Native Americans