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LESSON 6 THE RESULT OF EXPLORATION (RESULT) UNIT 3 AGE OF EXPLORATION
LESSON 6 THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
UNIT 3 AGE OF EXPLORATION
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
Learning Target
Students can describe how European exploration led to European domination of the Americas, Africa, and Asia
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
R – Results of Exploration
• Discovery of a new eastern passage to Asia by the Portuguese
• Discovery of a new world by the Spanish
• Death of Native American populations in Central America
• Beginning of European slave trade in Africa
• Mass migration to the Americas in search of wealth
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
E – English Colonies are formed
• In 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh established a colony at Roanoke Island (North Carolina)
• Within three years all the colonistsdisappeared
• In 1607the English established anothercolony called Jamestown, VA (named after King James I)
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
E – English Colonies are formed
• In 1620 the Pilgrims who wanted religious freedom came to North America on the Mayflower
• On board the ship they agreed to base their government on the rule of the majority of men settlers
• Historians call this the “Mayflower Compact” it was the beginning of democracy in America
• The Pilgrims named their colony Plymouth, MA
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
S – Settlements of the French
• The first French colony was Quebec in present-day Canada and also along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
• The French mostly trapped animals and traded their furs
• In the 1680’s the French claimed Louisiana in the lower Mississippi Valley (named after King Louis XIV)
• Like the Spanish the French named their territory “New France”
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
U – Unified English Territory
• France and England tried to outdo one another in North America
• Both countries wanted money and power
• After a number of wars, France lost its land in North America
• The French and Indian War was a nine-year war between France and England
• When it ended in 1763, the English dominated half of the North American continent
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
L – Lots of help from the Natives
• Spanish ships introduced the natives to food and animals from Europe
• These same ships carried corn and potatoes back to Europe
• Corn and potatoes were easy to grow which resulted in fewer Europeans died from starvation
• Native Americas grew other crops like tobacco which Europeans first used as medicine then it became an important cash crop as it’s use increased
THE RESULT OFEXPLORATION (RESULT)
T – The influence of Europe on the world
• Europeans explored North and Latin America for more than two centuries
• The Spanish, Dutch, English, and French set up colonies in North America
• By the late 1800’s European nations had gained political and economic control of India, parts of the Middle East, and most of Africa Asia
